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Lexicon :: Strong's H3478 - yiśrā'ēl

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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration
yiśrā'ēl
Pronunciation
yis-raw-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x

The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x
The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

  1. Israel = "God prevails"

    1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

    2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

      1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

      2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

      3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.
STRONGS H3478: Abbreviations
יִשְׂרָאֵל 2507 proper name, masculine and of a people Israel (Ēl persisteth, persevereth (or jussive Let Ēl persist) [usually contendeth (NesEg.60 ff.) or Let Ēl contend (GrayProp. N. 218), but see DrHast. DB JACOB 530]; on vocalization see LagBN 131 f. Kit 1 Chronicles 4:16 (Hpt); MI5, + 5 times ישראל; in Egyptian Y-si-r-'l SteindZAW xvi (1896), 331, compare BreastedBib. World ix (1897), 62 ff. PatonSyr. and Pal. 134; Assyrian Sir-'-lai (= יִשְׂרְאֵלִי) SchrKG 356 ff., 364; COT Genesis 36:31; 1 Kings 16:29. — On a possibly relation of יִשׂ׳ to proper name שָׂרַי, שָׂרָה see RSK 257, 2nd ed. 34; — compare שְׂרָיָה(וּ); — Ισραηλ:
1. proper name, masculine. second name of Jacob Genesis 32:29 + 28 times Genesis (JE), Exodus 32:13 (JE), Hosea 12:13; Judges 18:29; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 1:20; Numbers 26:5 (all P), 2 Kings 17:34; 1 Chronicles 1:34 + 8 times Chronicles, Psalm 105:23; בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Ruth 4:11; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (literal) Genesis 42:5 + 3 times E, + 2 times P + Exodus 1:7 (P; transition to wider use), 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Chronicles 2:1 +; = 12 tribes Exodus 28:9 + 7 times P; אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 30:6.
2. proper name, of a people (usually masculineJudges 11:17 f but feminine 1 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 24:9 [not || 1 Chronicles 21:5], compare Dron the passage AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 57 f.): name of Hebrew nation; usually derived from 1, but יִשׂ׳ more common in early usage than בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (see בֵּן):
a.
(1) undivided kingdom; יִשׂ׳ Genesis 47:27 (J), Genesis 49:7 (poem in J) + 108 times J E, Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 33:10 (poem) + 76 times D, Genesis 34:7; Exodus 12:15 + 42 times P; Judges 5:2, 7 (twice in verse) + 104 times Judges; often 1 and 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1-12; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ of whole people 2 Samuel 8:15 +, of whole army 2 Samuel 11:1 +, opposed to Judah 2 Samuel 2:9 + (so also later).
(2) יִשׂ׳ = Northern tribes, distinguished from Judah, even before disruption, 2 Samuel 2:9, compare 2 Samuel 2:10; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 4:1; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 12:7; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 5:5 +; so at disruption 1 Kings 12:16 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 12:18, 19; then usually of Northern kingdom, till its fall, 1 Kings 12:28; 1Ki 24:7; 1Ki 24:10 + very often Kings, Amos 1:1; Amos 2:6; Amos 3:14 +, Hosea 1:5; Hosea 4:15 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:3 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:5 +, Micah 1:13, etc.
(3) יִשׂ׳ of Southern kingdom, Judah, rarely before fall of Samaria Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 8:18; Micah 1:14, 15, so בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 12:17; after fall of Samaria, יִשׂ׳ (less often בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳) occurs of entire people, in reference to past or future 2 Kings 21:8; 2 Kings 23:22; Isaiah 17:9; Psalm 103:7; Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 50:17, 19 +; יִשׂ׳ also = Judah Jeremiah 2:14, 31; Jeremiah 4:1 +, Ezekiel 13:2, 4, 16; Ezekiel 14:1, 7, 9 +, Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:24 +, Ezra 2:59 = Nehemiah 7:61; Ezra 2:70; Ezra 3:11 +, Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 10:3 +, Psalm 14:7 (twice in verse) = Psalm 53:7 [Psalm 53:6] (twice in verse), Psalm 147:2; Psalm 149:2 +, etc.
(4) usage in Chronicles: יִשׂ׳ of whole people 1 Chronicles 2:7 + 110 times, of Northern kingdom 2 Chronicles 11:1 + 16 times, of Judah 2 Chronicles 12:6; 19:8 + 9 times
(5) יִשׂ׳ personified as עֶבֶד י׳, Isaiah 44:1, 21; Isaiah 49:3.
b. בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳,
(1) of undivided people Exodus 1:12 (J), Exodus 3:9 (E) + 72 times J E, Deuteronomy 3:18; Deuteronomy 10:6 + 25 times D, Genesis 32:33 [Genesis 32:32] + 327 times P; Judges 1:1 + 60 times Judges; seldom 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-12; in 1 Kings 13—2 Kings 25 passive in reference to older history (rarely otherwise).
(2) seldom of Northern kingdom Amos 2:11 + 9 times Amos, Hosea; 2 Chronicles 13:12 + 7 times Chronicles.
(3) of Judah (late) Ezekiel 2:3; Nehemiah 1:6 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:1; Joel 4:16 +, 2 Chronicles 31:5.
c. בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Exodus 16:31; Exodus 40:38 + 142 times (see בַּיִת 5d (δ); + 81 times Ezekiel, where = Judah; see especially Exodus 37:16); שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשׂ׳ Isaiah 8:14.
d. other phrases, see sub אִישׁ, אֶרֶץ, בַּת, בְּתוּלָה, גְּבוּל, הַר, כִּסֵּא, מֶלֶךְ, (נטה) מַטֶּה, (יעד) עֵדָה, עַם, שֵׁבֶט; also (in epithet of י׳) below אָבִיר, אוֺר, אֱלֹחִים, I. גָּוֺאל, מֶלֶךְ, מִקְוֶה (I. קוה), I. צוּר (V. צור), קָדוֺשׁ, I. רָעָה 1d (3).
†e. יִשׂ׳ = the laity, opposed to priests, etc. (late): Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 11:3; 1 Chronicles 9:2; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ Ezra 2:70; Ezra 10:5; הָעָם יִשׂ׳ Ezra 9:1; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 10:40, compare שְׁאָר יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 11:20.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3479.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:29; 32:32; 34:7; 36:31; 42:5; 47:27; 49:7

Exodus

1:7; 1:12; 3:9; 6:14; 12:15; 16:31; 28:9; 32:13; 37:16; 40:38

Numbers

1:20; 26:5

Deuteronomy

1:1; 3:18; 10:6; 18:6; 33:10

Judges

1:1; 5:2; 5:7; 11:17; 18:29

Ruth

4:11

1 Samuel

17:21

2 Samuel

2:9; 2:9; 2:10; 3:10; 4:1; 5:5; 8:15; 11:1; 12:7; 20:1; 24:9

1 Kings

1:35; 4:20; 5:5; 12:16; 12:17; 12:18; 12:19; 12:28; 16:29; 18:31; 18:36

2 Kings

17:34; 21:8; 23:22

1 Chronicles

1:34; 2:1; 2:7; 4:16; 9:2; 21:5; 29:18

2 Chronicles

11:1; 12:6; 13:12; 19:8; 30:6; 31:5

Ezra

2:59; 2:70; 2:70; 3:1; 3:11; 9:1; 10:5; 10:25

Nehemiah

1:6; 7:61; 10:3; 10:34; 11:3; 11:20

Psalms

14:7; 53:6; 103:7; 105:23; 147:2; 149:2

Isaiah

1:3; 8:14; 8:18; 17:9; 40:27; 41:8; 42:24; 44:1; 44:21; 49:3

Jeremiah

2:3; 2:14; 2:31; 4:1; 50:17; 50:19

Ezekiel

2:3; 13:2; 13:4; 13:16; 14:1; 14:7; 14:9

Hosea

1:5; 4:15; 5:3; 5:5; 12:13

Amos

1:1; 2:6; 2:11; 3:14

Micah

1:13; 1:14; 1:15

H3478

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Strong's Number H3478 matches the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrā'ēl),
which occurs 170 times in 160 verses in 'Exo' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Exo 1:1–Exo 12:27)

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Now these are the names of the sons of Israel H3478 who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one [fn]with his household:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:7 - But the sons of Israel H3478 were fruitful and [fn]increased and multiplied and became exceedingly [fn]mighty, so that the land was filled with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:9 - And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel H3478 are [fn]more and mightier than we.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they [fn]spread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:13 - So the Egyptians brutally compelled the sons of Israel H3478 to slave labor;

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Now it happened in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel H3478 sighed because of the slavery, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their slavery rose up to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:25 - And God saw the sons of Israel H3478, and God knew them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:9 - “So now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel H3478 has come to Me; and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:10 - “So now, come and I will send you to Pharaoh, and so you shall bring My people, the sons of Israel H3478, out of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:11 - But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel H3478 out of Egypt?”

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Then Moses said to God, “Behold, I am about to come to the sons of Israel H3478, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ And they will say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:14 - And God said to Moses, “[fn]I AM WHO [fn]I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel H3478, ‘[fn]I AM has sent me to you.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:15 - And God furthermore said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel H3478, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:16 - “Go and gather the elders of Israel H3478 together and say to them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “[fn]I indeed care about you and what has been done to you in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - “And they will listen to your voice; and you with the elders of Israel H3478 will come to the king of Egypt, and you all will say to him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:22 - “Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Israel H3478 is My son, My firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:29 - Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered all the elders of the sons of Israel H3478;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - So the people believed; and they heard that Yahweh [fn]cared about the sons of Israel H3478 and that He had seen their affliction. So they bowed low and worshiped.

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And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel H3478, ‘Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:2 - But Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh that I should listen to His voice to let Israel H3478 go? I do not know Yahweh, and also, I will not let Israel H3478 go.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - Moreover, the foremen of the sons of Israel H3478, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten [fn]and were asked, “Why have you not completed your required amount either yesterday or today in making brick as previously?”

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Then the foremen of the sons of Israel H3478 came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your slaves?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - Then the foremen of the sons of Israel H3478 saw that they were in trouble [fn]because they were told, “You must not reduce [fn]your daily amount of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:5 - “Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel H3478 because the Egyptians are holding them in slavery, and I have remembered My covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:6 - “Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel H3478, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the hard labors of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their slavery. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:9 - So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel H3478, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their weakness of spirit and [fn]hard slavery.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:11 - “Come, [fn]tell Pharaoh king of Egypt [fn]to let the sons of Israel H3478 go out of his land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:12 - But Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel H3478 have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:13 - Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron and gave them a command for the sons of Israel H3478 and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel H3478 out of the land of Egypt.

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These are the heads of their fathers’ households.

The sons of Reuben, Israel’s H3478 firstborn:

Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:26 - It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “Bring out the sons of Israel H3478 from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:27 - They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring out the sons of Israel H3478 from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:2 - “You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel H3478 go out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:4 - “But Pharaoh will not listen to you. And I will [fn]set My hand upon Egypt and bring out My hosts, My people the sons of Israel H3478, from the land of Egypt by great judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:5 - “Then the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel H3478 from their midst.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:4 - “But Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel H3478 and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel H3478.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:6 - So Yahweh did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the sons of Israel H3478, not one died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:7 - And Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not even one of the livestock of Israel H3478 dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was [fn]hardened with firmness, and he did not let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:26 - Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel H3478 were, there was no hail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:35 - And Pharaoh’s heart was [fn]hardened with strength, and he did not let the sons of Israel H3478 go, just as Yahweh had spoken by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:20 - But Yahweh [fn]hardened Pharaoh’s heart with strength, and he did not let the sons of Israel H3478 go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23 - They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel H3478 had light in their places of habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7 - ‘But for any of the sons of Israel H3478 a dog will not even [fn]bark, whether against man or beast, that you may know how Yahweh makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel H3478.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:10 - Now Moses and Aaron did all these miraculous wonders before Pharaoh; yet Yahweh [fn]hardened Pharaoh’s heart with strength, and he did not let the sons of Israel H3478 go out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:3 - “Speak to all the congregation of Israel H3478, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a [fn]lamb for themselves, according to their fathers’ households, a [fn]lamb for [fn]each household.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6 - ‘[fn]And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel H3478 shall slaughter it [fn]at twilight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 - ‘Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall [fn]remove leaven from your houses; for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day, that [fn]person shall be cut off from Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:19 - ‘Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that [fn]person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel H3478, whether he is a sojourner or a native of the land.

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Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel H3478 and said to them, “[fn]Bring out and take for yourselves [fn]lambs according to your families and slaughter the Passover lamb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - that you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to Yahweh who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel H3478 in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but delivered our homes.’” And the people bowed low and worshiped.

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