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Love
The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: but because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations.
In this chapter Moses addresses the Israelites before their entry into Canaan, arming them with examples of God’s care for them. The multiplication of His children is a common scriptural promise to those who love and honor Him, often portrayed by such images of great numbers as “stars of heaven” and “sand of the sea” (see instances in Genesis 26:4; Hosea 1:10).
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Resources cited in this issue
RR: Brian M. Britt, “Exodus Tradition in the Bible,” https://www.bibleodyssey.org:443/passages/related-articles/exodus-tradition-in-the-bible.
Cit. 12: Green, Joel B., et al., eds. The CEB Study Bible. Nashville: Common English Bible, 2013.
Cit. 19: Osborne, Grant R., et al., eds. The IVP New Testament Commentary Series. Vol. 3, Luke. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press Academic, 1990–. Also available at biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries; NLT Study Bible: New Living Translation. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2017.
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