Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
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- WEB But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as it is today.
- KJV But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
- NKJV But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be His people, an inheritance, as you are this day.
- NASB But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be a people of His own possession, as today.
- NLT Remember that the Lord rescued you from the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt in order to make you his very own people and his special possession, which is what you are today.
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Quick answer
God brought Israel out of Egypt, the iron furnace, to be His own inheritance. It recalls redemption as the basis for exclusive loyalty.
Overview
Moses reminds Israel that the LORD rescued them from Egypt's furnace of affliction to be His treasured people. Their identity as God's inheritance grounds the call to worship Him alone. This redemption from bondage prefigures the greater deliverance from sin accomplished in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Kgs 8:51For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.
- Jer 11:4which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’
- Deut 32:9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
- Exod 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Deut 9:29But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”
- Ps 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
- Isa 63:17–18Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
- 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Ps 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
- Deut 9:26And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
- Ps 28:9Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.
- Eph 1:18I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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