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the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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Hosea 12:13

And by a prophet (Moses) the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, And by a prophet Israel was preserved.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Idolatry;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Moses;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hosea;   Paddan-Aram;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mo'ses;   Pa'dan-A'ram;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bring;   Calf, Golden;   Hosea;   Moses;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aram;   Eleazar ben Perata I.;   Hafá¹­arah;   Padan-Aram;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord brought Israel from Egypt by a prophet,and Israel was tended by a prophet.
Hebrew Names Version
By a prophet the LORD brought Yisra'el up out of Mitzrayim, And by a prophet he was preserved.
King James Version
And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
English Standard Version
By a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded.
New American Standard Bible
But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, And by a prophet he was protected.
New Century Version
Later the Lord used a prophet to bring Jacob's descendants out of Egypt; he used a prophet to take care of the Israelites.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And by a Prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, & by a Prophet was he reserued.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel from Egypt, And by a prophet he was kept.
Legacy Standard Bible
But by a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up from Egypt,And by a prophet he was kept.
Berean Standard Bible
But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
Contemporary English Version
I sent the prophet Moses to lead Israel from Egypt and to keep them safe.
Complete Jewish Bible
Ya‘akov fled to the land of Aram. There Isra'el slaved to win a wife; for a wife he tended sheep.
Darby Translation
And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
Easy-to-Read Version
But the Lord used a prophet and brought Israel out of Egypt. He used a prophet and kept Israel safe.
George Lamsa Translation
And by the prophets the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by the prophets was he preserved.
Good News Translation
The Lord sent a prophet to rescue the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt and to take care of them.
Lexham English Bible
And by a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was watched over.
Literal Translation
And by a prophet Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.
American Standard Version
And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
Bible in Basic English
And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
King James Version (1611)
And by a Prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a Prophet was he preserued.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
By a prophete the Lorde brought them out of Egypt, and by a prophete was he preserued.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord brought Israel out of the land of Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet was he preserve.
English Revised Version
And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
World English Bible
By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, And by a prophet he was preserved.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But bi a profete the Lord ledde Israel out of Egipt, and bi a profete he was kept.
Update Bible Version
And by a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
Webster's Bible Translation
And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
New English Translation
The Lord brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and due to a prophet Israel was preserved alive.
New King James Version
By a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet he was preserved.
New Living Translation
Then by a prophet the Lord brought Jacob's descendants out of Egypt; and by that prophet they were protected.
New Life Bible
By a man who spoke for Him, the Lord brought Israel from Egypt. And by a man who spoke for Him, the Lord cared for him.
New Revised Standard
By a prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was guarded.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, by a prophet, Yahweh, brought up, Israel out of Egypt, - and, by a prophet, was he watched over.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But the Lord by a prophet brought Israel out of Egypt: and he was preserved by a prophet.
Revised Standard Version
By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
Young's Literal Translation
And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
By a prophet the LORDE brought them out of Egipte, and by a prophet he preserued the.

Contextual Overview

7A merchant, in whose hand are false and fraudulent balances; He loves to oppress and exploit. 8Ephraim said, "I have indeed become rich [and powerful as a nation]; I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors they will not find in me Any wickedness that would be sin." 9But I have been the LORD your God since [you became a nation in] the land of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, As in the days of the appointed and solemn festival. 10I have also spoken to [you through] the prophets, And I gave [them] many visions [to make My will known], And through the prophets I gave parables [to appeal to your sense of right and wrong]. 11Is there wickedness (idolatry) in Gilead? Surely the people there are worthless. In Gilgal [they defy Me when] they sacrifice bulls, Yes, [after My judgment] their [pagan] altars are like the stone heaps In the furrows of the fields. 12Now Jacob (Israel) fled into the open country of Aram (Paddan-aram), And [there] Israel (Jacob) worked and served for a wife, And for a wife he kept sheep. 13And by a prophet (Moses) the LORD brought Israel up from Egypt, And by a prophet Israel was preserved.14Ephraim has provoked most bitter anger; So his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him [invoking punishment] And bring back to him his shame and dishonor.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hosea 13:4, Hosea 13:5, Exodus 12:50, Exodus 12:51, Exodus 13:3, 1 Samuel 12:8, Psalms 77:20, Isaiah 63:11, Isaiah 63:12, Amos 2:11, Amos 2:12, Micah 6:4, Acts 3:22, Acts 3:23, Acts 7:35-37

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:10 - General Exodus 32:1 - the man 1 Samuel 12:6 - It is the Lord 2 Kings 5:8 - and he shall Jeremiah 2:6 - brought us up Amos 9:7 - Have not Acts 7:34 - And now

Cross-References

Genesis 11:29
Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai (later called Sarah), and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.
Genesis 12:3
And I will bless (do good for, benefit) those who bless you, And I will curse [that is, subject to My wrath and judgment] the one who curses (despises, dishonors, has contempt for) you. And in you all the families (nations) of the earth will be blessed."
Genesis 12:5
Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had acquired, and the people (servants) which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
Genesis 12:6
Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the [great] terebinth (oak) tree of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time.
Genesis 12:8
Then he moved on from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD [in worship through prayer, praise, and thanksgiving].
Genesis 12:12
so when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife'; and they will kill me [to acquire you], but they will let you live.
Genesis 12:13
"Please tell them that you are my sister so that things will go well for me for your sake, and my life will be spared because of you."
Genesis 20:2
Abraham said [again] of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah [into his harem].
Genesis 20:5
"Did Abraham not tell me, 'She is my sister?' And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this."
Genesis 26:7
The men of the place asked him about his wife, and he said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "my wife"—thinking, "the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, since she is very beautiful."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt,.... Or, "by the prophet"; the famous and most excellent prophet Moses, who, by way of eminency, is so called; him the Lord sent, and employed, and made use of him as an instrument to bring his people out of their bondage in Egypt; in which he was a type of Christ the great Prophet of the church, raised up like unto him, and the Redeemer of his people from sin, Satan, and the world, law, hell, and death, and all enemies:

and by a prophet he was preserved; by the same prophet Moses was Israel preserved at the Red sea, and in the wilderness; where they were kept as a flock of sheep from their powerful enemies, and brought to the borders of Canaan's land. Some understand this last clause of Joshua, by whom the Israelites were safely conducted through Jordan into the land of Canaan, and settled there; and particularly were brought by him to Gilgal, where the covenant of circumcision was renewed, and the first passover in the land kept, but now a place of idolatry, as before mentioned; and which sin was aggravated by this circumstance: but the design of this observation seems to be to put the Israelites in remembrance of their low estate in Egypt, and of the goodness of God to them in delivering them from thence, which they had sadly requited by their degeneracy and apostasy from him; and to him unto them how much they ought to have valued the prophets of the Lord, though they had despised them, since they had received such benefits and blessings by the means of a prophet.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By a prophet was he preserved - Or “kept.” Jacob “kept sheep” out of love of God, sooner than unite himself with one, alien from God; his posterity “was kept” like a sheep by God, as the Psalmist said, “He led His people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron” Psalms 77:20. They were “kept” from all evil and want and danger, by the direct power of God; “kept” from all the might of Pharaoh in Egypt and the Red Sea , “not through any power of their own, but by the ministry of a single prophet; “kept, in that great and terrible wilderness” Deuteronomy 8:15, wherein were “fiery serpents and scorpions and drought, where” was “no water,” but what God brought out of the rock of flint; no bread, but what he sent them from heaven.” All this, God did for them “by “a single “prophet; they” had many prophets, early and late, calling upon them in the name of God, but they would not hearken unto them.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hosea 12:13. By a prophet (Moses) the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet (Joshua) was he preserved.] Joshua succeeded Moses, and brought the Israelites into the promised land; and when they passed the Jordan at Gilgal, he received the covenant of circumcision; and yet this same place was now made by them the seat of idolatry! How blind and how ungrateful!


 
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