Deuteronomy 4:20

Remember that the Lord took you and led you out of the iron furnace which was in Egypt to be his own people, just as you are today.

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But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

In Context

19When you look up at the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the heavenly bodies—don't be tempted to bow down to them. Don't worship them like all the other nations on earth in the way that the Lord has allowed.

21But the Lord was angry with me because of you, and he vowed that I wouldn't cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the Lord your God is giving you to own.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:5Now if you really obey what I say and keep the agreement with me, then out of all the nations you will be a special people that belong to me. While the whole world is mine,

Deuteronomy 9:29But they are your people, Lord! They belong to you! You led them out of Egypt by your amazing power and might!”

1 Kings 8:51For they are your people—they belong to you! You led them out of Egypt, out of the middle of a furnace used for smelting iron.

Psalms 33:12Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he has chosen as specially belonging to him.

Isaiah 63:17Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways, and make us stubborn so we don't respect you? Come back to us for the sake of your servants, the tribes that belong to you.

Ephesians 1:18May your minds be enlightened so you can understand the hope he's called you to— the glorious riches he promises as an inheritance to his holy people.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 4:2-41

Exhortations and Arguments. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed… Read the whole commentary →

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