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"Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his fatherdied, God had him move to thiscountry in which you are nowliving.
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"But He gave him noinheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and yet, even when he had nochild, He promised that HE WOULD GIVE IT TO HIM AS A POSSESSION, AND TO HIS DESCENDANTSAFTER HIM.
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"But Godspoke to thiseffect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD BE ALIENS IN A FOREIGNLAND, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ENSLAVED AND MISTREATED FOR FOURHUNDREDYEARS.
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" 'AND WHATEVER*NATION TO WHICH THEY WILL BE IN BONDAGE I MYSELF WILL JUDGE,' saidGod, 'AND AFTER THAT THEY WILL COME OUT AND SERVE ME IN THISPLACE.'
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"And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighthday; and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelvepatriarchs.
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and rescued him from all his afflictions, and granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governoroverEgypt and all his household.
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"On the followingday he appeared to them as they were fightingtogether, and he tried to reconcile them in peace, saying, 'Men, you are brethren, why* do you injureoneanother?'
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'I HAVE CERTAINLYSEEN THE OPPRESSION OF MY PEOPLE IN EGYPT AND HAVE HEARD THEIR GROANS, AND I HAVE COMEDOWN TO RESCUE THEM; COMENOW, AND I WILL SEND YOU TO EGYPT.'
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"ThisMoseswhom they disowned, saying, 'WHOMADE YOU A RULER AND A JUDGE?' is the onewhomGodsent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the help of the angel who appeared to him in the thornbush.
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"This is the one who was in the congregation in the wildernesstogether with the angel who was speaking to him on MountSinai, and who was with our fathers; and he receivedlivingoracles to pass on to you.
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"But Godturnedaway and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'IT WAS NOT TO ME THAT YOU OFFEREDVICTIMS AND SACRIFICESFORTYYEARS IN THE WILDERNESS, WAS IT, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
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'YOU ALSOTOOK ALONG THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH AND THE STAR OF THE GODROMPHA, THE IMAGESWHICH YOU MADE TO WORSHIP. I ALSO WILL REMOVE YOU BEYONDBABYLON.'
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"Our fathershad the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Mosesdirected him to make it according to the patternwhich he had seen.
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"And having received it in their turn, our fathersbrought it in with Joshua upon dispossessing the nationswhomGoddrove out before* our fathers, until the time of David.
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'HEAVEN IS MY THRONE, AND EARTH IS THE FOOTSTOOL OF MY FEET; WHATKIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?' says the Lord, 'ORWHATPLACE IS THERE FOR MY REPOSE?
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"Whichone of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killedthose who had previouslyannounced the coming of the RighteousOne, whosebetrayers and murderers you have nowbecome;