Deuteronomy 34:5
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5 So there, in the land of Moab, Moses, the servant of the Lord, died(A) as the Lord had said;
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Joshua 24:29
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Death of Joshua. 29 (A)After these events, Joshua, son of Nun, servant of the Lord, died at the age of a hundred and ten,
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2 Chronicles 20:7
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7 Was it not you, our God, who dispossessed the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it forever to the descendants of Abraham, your friend?
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Psalm 89:21
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21 I have chosen David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have anointed him.
Isaiah 41:8
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8 But you, Israel, my servant,(A)
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
offspring of Abraham my friend—
Romans 8:15
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15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption, through which we cry, “Abba,[a] Father!”(A)
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Galatians 4:7
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7 So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.(A)
Do Not Throw This Freedom Away.[a]
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- 4:8–11 On the basis of the arguments advanced from Gal 3:1 through Gal 4:7, Paul now launches his appeal to the Galatians with the question, how can you turn back to the slavery of the law (Gal 4:9)? The question is posed with reference to bondage to the elemental powers (see note on Gal 4:3) because the Galatians had originally been converted to Christianity from paganism, not Judaism (Gal 4:8). The use of the direct question is like Gal 3:3–5.
James 2:23
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23 Thus the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called “the friend of God.”(A)
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