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Jeremiah 2:3

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holiness: Exodus 19:5-6; Deuteronomy 7:6, Deuteronomy 14:2, Deuteronomy 26:19; Zechariah 14:20-21; Ephesians 1:4; 1 Peter 2:9

the firstfruits: Exodus 22:29, Exodus 23:16; Numbers 18:12; Amos 6:1 *marg. Romans 11:16, Romans 16:5; James 1:18; Revelation 14:4

all that: Jeremiah 12:14, Jeremiah 50:7; Exodus 4:22-23; Psalms 81:14-15, Psalms 105:14-15, Psalms 105:25-36; Isaiah 41:11; Isaiah 47:6; Joel 1:3, Joel 1:7-8; Zechariah 1:15, Zechariah 2:8, Zechariah 12:2-4; Acts 9:4-5

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