Genesis 17:8
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8 Also (A)I give to you and your descendants after you the land (B)in[a] which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and (C)I will be their God.”
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- Genesis 17:8 Lit. of your sojournings
Leviticus 25:23
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Redemption of Property
23 ‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for (A)the land is Mine; for you are (B)strangers and sojourners with Me.
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1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 For (A)we are [a]aliens and [b]pilgrims before You,
As were all our fathers;
(B)Our days on earth are as a shadow,
And without hope.
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- 1 Chronicles 29:15 sojourners, temporary residents
- 1 Chronicles 29:15 transients, temporary residents in an even more temporary sense
Psalm 39:12
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12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, (A)as all my fathers were.
Psalm 105:12
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Psalm 119:19
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19 (A)I am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
Hebrews 11:9
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9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, (A)dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, (B)the heirs with him of the same promise;
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Hebrews 11:13
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The Heavenly Hope
13 These all died in faith, (A)not having received the (B)promises, but (C)having seen them afar off [a]were assured of them, embraced them and (D)confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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- Hebrews 11:13 NU, M omit were assured of them
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