The Israelites were called out, or selected, to be “Jehovah’s congregation, ”“ the congregation of the true God. ” ​ — Numbers 20: 4; Nehemiah 13: 1; Joshua 8: 35; 1 Samuel 17: 47; Micah 2: 5.
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