Thematic Bible: Separation of
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Israel » Separation of » Of israel from the heathen, encouraged
If you do go with us, everyone will know that you are pleased with your people and with me. That way, we will be different from the rest of the people on earth.
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Give praise to Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the strange women.
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Jehovah your God will deliver them to you. You must crush them! Completely destroy them. You should make no covenant with them. Do not show them mercy.
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Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well being for a very long time. That way you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for as long as they live.
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You will make no covenant with people of this land. You will throw down their altars. You have not obeyed my voice. Why have you done this?
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You will not associate with these peoples left among you or speak the names of their gods or use those names in taking vows or worship those gods or bow down to them.
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I am Jehovah, the Holy God. You have been chosen to be my people, and so you must be holy too.
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I see them from the top of rocky cliffs. I look at them from the hills. I see a nation that lives by itself! These are people who do not consider themselves to be like other nations.
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Therefore Jehovah says: If you return I will restore you. You will stand before me. If you extract the precious from the worthless, you will become my spokesman. They for their part may turn to you. But you must not turn to them.
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Israel » Separation of » Vine, a
He dug the soil all around and removed its stones. He planted it with the choicest vine. And he built a tower in the middle of it and also hewed out a wine vat in it. Then he expected it to produce good grapes, but it only produced worthless ones.
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I planted you like a choice grapevine from the very best seed. Now you have turned against me and have become a wild vine.
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The people of Israel were like a grapevine that used to produce grapes. The more prosperous they were, the more altars they built. The more productive their land was, the more beautiful they made the sacred stone pillars they worship.
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You brought a vine from Egypt. You forced out the nations and planted it.
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Therefore, the Lord Jehovah says: 'Just like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given as fuel for the fire, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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The plant sprouted and grew into a low vine that spread over the ground. Its branches turned upward toward the eagle. Its roots grew downward. Thus it became a vine, producing branches and growing shoots.
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Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard planted by the water. It was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water.
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Israel » Separation of » Theocracy of
Jehovah answered: Samuel, do everything they want you to do. I am really the one they have rejected as their king.
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All the people answered together: We will do everything Jehovah has said. So Moses brought their answer back to Jehovah.
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The Israelites would break camp or set up camp at Jehovah's command. They stayed at the place where the column of smoke stayed over the tent.
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that you may enter into the covenant with Jehovah your God, and into His oath that Jehovah your God is making with you today.
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Gideon answered: I will not be your ruler, nor will my son. Jehovah will be your ruler!
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But when you saw that King Nahash of Ammon was about to attack you, you rejected Jehovah as your king. You said to me: 'We want a (human) king to rule us.'
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