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Therefore, say to the children of Israel, ‘I am the Lord. I will bring you out from your forced labor to the Egyptians. I will free you from their slavery and liberate you with an outstretched arm[a] and with mighty acts of judgment. I will take you as my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the Lord, your God, who will bring you out from your forced labor to the Egyptians. I will bring you into the land that I swore with an oath I would give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you as an inheritance, for I am the Lord.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 6:6 Outstretched arm: this expression, like “mighty hand” in verse 1, suggests the power with which God intervenes.

“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.(A) I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem(B) you with an outstretched arm(C) and with mighty acts of judgment.(D) I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.(E) Then you will know(F) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. And I will bring you to the land(G) I swore(H) with uplifted hand(I) to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.(J) I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”(K)

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