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Exodus 6:7

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5 Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.

6 Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

8 And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”

9 Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
KJV
And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
WEB
I will take you to myself for a people. I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
ASV
and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
DARBY
And I will take you to me for a people, and will be your God; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah your God, am he who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
BLB
And I will take you⁺ to Me for a people, and I will be to you⁺ for God; and you⁺ shall know that I [am] YHWH your⁺ God, the One bringing you⁺ out from under the burdens of Egypt.
ÅB
Og jeg vil ta dere til mitt folk, og jeg vil være deres Gud, og dere skal kjenne at jeg er Herren deres Gud, han som fører dere ut fra egypternes tunge byrder.
OTB
Jeg vil ta dere som mitt eget folk, og jeg vil være deres Gud. Da skal dere vite at jeg er Herren deres Gud, som førte dere ut fra egypternes byrder.
B1930
Og jeg vil ta eder til mitt folk, og jeg vil være eders Gud, og I skal kjenne at jeg er Herren eders Gud, han som fører eder ut fra egypternes tunge byrder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 7:6

    For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

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  • Deuteronomy 29:13

    and so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:20

    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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  • Deuteronomy 14:2

    for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

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  • Revelation 21:7

    The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.

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  • Deuteronomy 26:18

    And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,

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  • 2 Samuel 7:23–24

    And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.

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  • Exodus 29:45–46

    Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

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