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Deuteronomy 26:8

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Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 8

With this chapter Moses concludes the particular statutes which he thought fit to give Israel in charge at his parting with them; what follows is by way of sanction and ratification. In this chapter, I. Moses gives them a form of confession to be made by him that offered the basket of his first-fruits (Deu 26:1-11). II. The protestation and prayer to be made after the disposal of the third year's tithe (Deu 26:12-15). III. He binds on all the precepts he had given them, 1. By the divine authority: "Not I, but the Lord thy God has commanded thee to do these statutes" (Deu 26:16). 2. By the mutual covenant between God and them (Deu 26:17, etc.).

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Strong's Concordancev. 8

יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, H3068) — Jehovah, Jewish national name of God יָצָא (yâtsâʼ, H3318) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and… מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, H4714) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt חָזָק (châzâq, H2389) — strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent) יָד (yâd, H3027) — a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), נָטָה (nâṭâh, H5186) — to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used… זְרוֹעַ (zᵉrôwaʻ, H2220) — the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force גָּדוֹל (gâdôwl, H1419) — great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent מוֹרָא (môwrâʼ, H4172) — fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed אוֹת (ʼôwth, H226) — a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy,… מוֹפֵת (môwphêth, H4159) — a miracle; by implication, a token or omen

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Deuteronomy 4:34rank 6

Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

Deuteronomy 5:15rank 2

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

Exodus 12:37rank 2

The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.

Exodus 12:51rank 2

And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.

Exodus 13:3rank 2

So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

Exodus 12:41rank 2

At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 63:12rank 1

who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,

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