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Ezekiel 20:5

And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;

KJV

Et dices ad eos : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : In die qua elegi Israël, et levavi manum meam pro stirpe domus Jacob, et apparui eis in terra Ægypti, et levavi manum meam pro eis, dicens : Ego Dominus Deus vester :

Vulgate

καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτούς Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Ἀφ’ ἧς ἡμέρας ᾑρέτισα τὸν οἶκον Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐγνωρίσθην τῷ σπέρματι οἴκου Ἰακώβ, καὶ ἐγνώσθην αὐτοῖς ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἀντελαβόμην τῇ χειρί μου αὐτῶν λέγων Ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.

LXX

and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I chose Israel, and sware unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I sware unto them, saying, I am Jehovah your God;

ASV

וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵי/הֶ֗ם כֹּֽה אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִה֒ בְּ/יוֹם֙ בָּחֳרִ֣/י בְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וָ/אֶשָּׂ֣א יָדִ֗/י לְ/זֶ֨רַע֙ בֵּ֣ית יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וָ/אִוָּדַ֥ע לָ/הֶ֖ם בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וָ/אֶשָּׂ֨א יָדִ֤/י לָ/הֶם֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵי/כֶֽם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JacobJacob

In the original Hebrew

19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
י
y
noun · 440×
יְהוִ֔ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 305×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 7:6 — For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
  • Exod 3:8 — And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the
  • Exod 4:31 — And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
  • Exod 6:6 — Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretc
  • Exod 6:8 — And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 16:6 — And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
  • Ezek 16:8 — Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant
  • Ezek 20:6 — In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
  • Ezek 20:15 — Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
  • Ezek 20:23 — I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
  • Ezek 36:7 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
  • Ezek 47:14 — And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
  • Ezek 47:14 — And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
  • Gen 14:22 — And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
  • Isa 44:2 — Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
  • Isa 62:8 — The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the
  • Judg 6:8 — That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
  • Lev 18:2 — Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.