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• Genesis 12:1

  Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.

• Genesis 12:2

  I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

• Genesis 12:3

  I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

• Exodus 3:2

  Yahweh’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

• Exodus 3:4

  When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the middle of the bush, and said, “Moses! Moses!” He said, “Here I am.”

• Exodus 3:10

  Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”

• Exodus 4:1

  Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’”

• Exodus 4:2

  Yahweh said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”

• Exodus 4:3

  He said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.

• Exodus 4:4

  Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail.” He stretched out his hand, and took hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.

• Exodus 4:5

  “That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

• Exodus 4:6

  Yahweh said furthermore to him, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.

• Exodus 4:7

  He said, “Put your hand inside your cloak again.” He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.

• Exodus 4:8

  “It will happen, if they will not believe you or listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

• Exodus 4:9

  It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.”

• Exodus 4:10

  Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”

• Exodus 4:11

  Yahweh said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh?

• Exodus 4:12

  Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”

• Exodus 4:13

  He said, “Oh, Lord, please send someone else.”

• Exodus 4:14

  Yahweh’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, “What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

• Exodus 4:15

  You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.

• Exodus 4:16

  He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.

• Exodus 28:1

  “Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

• Numbers 27:18

  Yahweh said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.

• Numbers 27:19

  Set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and commission him in their sight.

• Numbers 27:22

  Moses did as Yahweh commanded him. He took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation.

• Numbers 27:23

  He laid his hands on him, and commissioned him, as Yahweh spoke by Moses.

• Deuteronomy 31:14

  Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, your days approach that you must die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him.” Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting.

• Deuteronomy 31:23

  He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and courageous; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them. I will be with you.”

• Joshua 1:1

  Now after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,

• Joshua 1:2

  “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go across this Jordan, you, and all these people, to the land which I am giving to them, even to the children of Israel.

• Joshua 1:3

  I have given you every place that the sole of your foot will tread on, as I told Moses.

• Joshua 1:4

  From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

• Joshua 1:5

  No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.

• Joshua 1:6

  “Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

• Joshua 1:7

  Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.

• Joshua 1:8

  This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

• Joshua 1:9

  Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

• Judges 6:11

  Yahweh’s angel came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites.

• Judges 6:12

  Yahweh’s angel appeared to him, and said to him, “Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor!”

• Judges 6:13

  Gideon said to him, “Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, ‘Didn’t Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?’ But now Yahweh has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”

• Judges 6:14

  Yahweh looked at him, and said, “Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Haven’t I sent you?”

• Judges 6:15

  He said to him, “O Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”

• Judges 6:16

  Yahweh said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.”

• 1 Samuel 3:4

  Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, “Here I am.”

• 1 Samuel 3:5

  He ran to Eli, and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” He said, “I didn’t call. Lie down again.” He went and lay down.

• 1 Samuel 3:6

  Yahweh called yet again, “Samuel!” Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” He answered, “I didn’t call, my son. Lie down again.”

• 1 Samuel 3:7

  Now Samuel didn’t yet know Yahweh, neither was Yahweh’s word yet revealed to him.

• 1 Samuel 3:8

  Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child.

• 1 Samuel 3:9

  Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down. It shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

• 1 Samuel 3:10

  Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”

• 2 Kings 9:6

  He arose, and went into the house. Then he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I have anointed you king over the people of Yahweh, even over Israel.

• 2 Kings 9:7

  You must strike your master Ahab’s house, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel.

• 1 Chronicles 28:6

  He said to me, ‘Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

• 1 Chronicles 28:10

  Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”

• 2 Chronicles 22:7

  Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went to Joram; for when he had come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had anointed to cut off Ahab’s house.

• Psalms 105:26

  He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

• Isaiah 45:1

  Yahweh says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:

• Isaiah 45:2

  “I will go before you, and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of brass in pieces, and cut apart the bars of iron.

• Isaiah 45:3

  I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.

• Isaiah 45:4

  For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name. I have given you a title, though you have not known me.

• Isaiah 51:2

  Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

• Isaiah 55:5

  Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.”

• Amos 7:14

  Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;

• Amos 7:15

  and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

• Matthew 4:18

  Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

• Matthew 4:19

  He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”

• Matthew 4:20

  They immediately left their nets and followed him.

• Matthew 4:21

  Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.

• Matthew 4:22

  They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

• Matthew 9:9

  As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.

• Mark 1:16

  Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

• Mark 1:17

  Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men.”

• Mark 2:14

  As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he arose and followed him.

• Mark 3:13

  He went up into the mountain, and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.

• Mark 3:14

  He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,

• Mark 3:15

  and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:

• Mark 3:16

  Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter;

• Mark 3:17

  James the son of Zebedee; John, the brother of James, and he called them Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder;

• Mark 3:18

  Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;

• Mark 3:19

  and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. He came into a house.

• Mark 10:21

  Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

• Mark 10:22

  But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.

• Luke 5:27

  After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me!”

• Luke 6:13

  When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:

• Luke 6:14

  Simon, whom he also named Peter; Andrew, his brother; James; John; Philip; Bartholomew;

• Luke 6:15

  Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot;

• John 15:16

  You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

• Acts 7:34

  I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’

• Acts 7:35

  “This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ — God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

• Acts 9:4

  He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

• Acts 9:5

  He said, “Who are you, Lord?” The Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

• Acts 9:6

  But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

• Acts 9:15

  But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

• Acts 9:16

  For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”

• Acts 13:2

  As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”

• Acts 13:3

  Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

• Romans 1:1

  Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

• Romans 8:30

  Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

• 1 Corinthians 1:1

  Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

• 1 Corinthians 1:2

  to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

• 1 Corinthians 1:9

  God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

• 1 Corinthians 1:24

  but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

• 2 Corinthians 1:1

  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

• Galatians 1:1

  Paul, an apostle (not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),

• Ephesians 1:1

  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

• Colossians 1:1

  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

• 1 Thessalonians 2:11

  As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,

• 1 Thessalonians 2:12

  to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.

• 2 Thessalonians 2:13

  But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;

• 2 Thessalonians 2:14

  to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

• 1 Timothy 1:1

  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope;

• 2 Timothy 1:1

  Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

• 2 Timothy 1:9

  who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

• Hebrews 3:1

  Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus;

• Hebrews 3:2

  who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.

• Hebrews 3:7

  Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,

• Hebrews 3:8

  don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,

• Hebrews 5:4

  Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was.

• Hebrews 11:8

  By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.

• 1 Peter 5:10

  But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

• 2 Peter 1:1

  Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

• 2 Peter 1:3

  seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;

• 2 Peter 1:10

  Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

• Revelation 17:14

  These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those who are with him are called chosen and faithful.”