Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"

This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren.'

They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.

I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Certainly not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it was,

We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of the radiance that was fading away.

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

By faith Joseph, when he was at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites, and gave orders concerning his bones.