'Let Us' in the Bible

Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, to be like us. Let them be masters over the fish in the ocean, the birds that fly, the livestock, everything that crawls on the earth, and over the earth itself!"

"The elders of Israel will listen to you, and then you and they are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, "The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now, let us take a three-day journey into the desert to sacrifice to the LORD our God.'

Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God so he does not strike us with pestilence or sword."

Moses said, "You must let us havesacrifices and burnt offerings to offer to the LORD our God.

And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of humans to the firstborn of animals. Therefore, I sacrifice to the LORD every male that first opens the womb, but I redeem every firstborn of my sons.

Is this not what we told you in Egypt, when we said, "Leave us alone!' and "Let us serve the Egyptians!'? Indeed, it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!"

Then the Israelis replied, "Permit us to travel on the highway. If we and our cattle drink your water, we'll pay the price you ask. Only please let us walk through, and nothing more."

because this is what you asked from the LORD your God at Horeb when you were assembled together: "Don't let us hear the voice of the LORD our God again, or even see this great fire otherwise, we will die.'

when we invade the land, if you don't tie this rope made with red cords in the window through which you let us down, and if you don't gather your father, your mother, your brothers, and all of the rest of your father's household into your house.

Israel sent a delegation to the king of Edom and asked him, "Please let us pass through your territory."

"Then Israel sent a delegation to Sihon, king of the Amorites and king of Heshbon. Israel requested of him, "Please let us pass through your territory to our place."

Manoah responded to the angel of the LORD, "Please, let us detain you while we prepare a young goat for you."

"Let us tear off their shackles from us, and cast off their chains."

Magnify the LORD with me! Let us lift up his name together!

He turned the sea into dry land. Israel crossed the river on foot; let us rejoice in him.

They say, "Let us go and erase them as a nation so the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore."

who said, "Let us possess the pastures of God."

Come! Let us sing joyfully to the LORD! Let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.

Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us shout with songs of praise to him.

Come! Let us worship and bow down; let us kneel in the presence of the LORD, who made us.

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD! Let us bless you from the LORD's house.

I rejoiced when they kept on asking me, "Let us go to the LORD's Temple."

Come, my beloved. Let us go out to the country, let us spend the night in the villages.

Let us go early to the vineyards, let us see whether the vine has budded, whether the blossom has opened, whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I'll give you my love.

"At that time, seven women will cling tightly to one man and will make him this offer: "We'll provide our own bread. We'll provide our own clothes. Just let us marry you so we won't be stigmatized anymore.'"

But look! There is joy and festivity, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, you say, because we die tomorrow."

"And you will say at that time, "Look! It's the LORD! This is our God! We waited for him, and he saved us. This is the LORD! We waited for him, so let us rejoice, and we will be glad that he has saved us."

Let them approach and ask us, "What will happen? As to the former things, what were they? Tell us, so that we may consider them and know. Or the latter things or the things to come let us hear.

Let's grope along the wall like the blind; let us grope like those who have no eyes. We stumble at midday as if it were twilight, in desolate places like dead people.

"Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us, because both we and our ancestors have sinned against the LORD our God from our youth until this present time. We haven't obeyed the LORD our God."

The LORD will vindicate us. Come! Let us declare the work of the LORD our God in Zion.

Let us examine our lifestyles, putting them to the test, and turn back to the LORD.

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven.

"Please test your servants for ten days and let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.

"Come, let us return to the LORD; even though he has torn us, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bind our wounds.

Let us know, let us pursue knowledge of the LORD; his coming is as certain as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the autumn and spring rains come on the earth.

1Obadiah's vision: This is what the Lord God has to say about Edom. We have heard a report from the Lord, and a messenger has been dispatched among the nations to say "Get up! Let us rise up against her to fight!"

At last they cried out to the LORD, "Please, LORD, do not let us perish because of this man's life, and do not hold us responsible for innocent blood, because you, LORD, have done what pleased you."

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "In the future, ten men speaking all the languages of the nations will grab hold of one Jewish person by the hem of his garment and say, "Let us go up to Jerusalem with you, because we heard that God is with you."'"

They asked him, "Let us sit in your glory, one on your right and one on your left."

But I'm doing what the Father has commanded me, to let the world know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us leave this place."

But to keep it from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them never again to speak to anyone in this name."

Since we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also be guided.

Therefore, as long as the promise of entering his rest remains valid, let us be afraid! Otherwise, some of you will fail to reach it,

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone to heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us live our lives consistent with our confession of faith.

So let us keep on coming boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Therefore, leaving behind the elementary teachings about the Messiah, let us continue to be carried along to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead actions, faith toward God,

let us continue to come near with sincere hearts in the full assurance that faith provides, because our hearts have been sprinkled clean from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

Let us continue to hold firmly to the hope that we confess without wavering, for the one who made the promise is faithful.

And let us continue to consider how to motivate one another to love and good deeds,

Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and worship God in reverence and fear in a way that pleases him.

Therefore, through him let us always bring God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess his name.

Dear friends, let us continuously love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born from God and knows God.

Let us rejoice, be glad, and give him glory, because the marriage of the lamb has come and his bride has made herself ready.