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“This is the Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own people.’[a]
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He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; and he received living words to pass on to us.
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“But our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.