Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Bible References

Purchased

Exodus 15:16

Terror and dread fall on them;
Because of the greatness of Your arm they are as still as a stone;
Until Your people pass by and [into Canaan], O Lord,
Until the people pass by whom You have purchased.
Deuteronomy 9:29
Yet they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You have brought out by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm.’
Acts 20:28
Take care and be on guard for yourselves and for the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd (tend, feed, guide) the church of God which He bought with His own blood.

Thine

Psalm 33:12

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people whom He has chosen as His own inheritance.
Psalm 106:40

Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against His people
And He detested His own inheritance.
Psalm 135:4

For the Lord has chosen [the descendants of] Jacob for Himself,
Israel for His own special treasure and possession.
Deuteronomy 4:20
But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron [smelting] furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as [you are] this day.
Deuteronomy 32:9

“For the Lord’s portion and chosen share is His people;
Jacob (Israel) is the allotment of His inheritance.
Jeremiah 10:16

The Portion of Jacob [the true God on whom Israel has a claim] is not like these;
For He is the Designer and Maker of all things,
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance [and He will not fail them]—
The Lord of hosts is His name.

This mount

Psalm 48:1
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
In the city of our God, His holy mountain.
Psalm 78:68

But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel’s leader],
Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].
Psalm 132:13

For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His dwelling place: