16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, uand you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. vFor I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me.”
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1 Samuel 10:1
Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the LORD and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the LORD has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
Exodus 2:25
God saw the people of Israel—and God knew.
Exodus 3:7
Then the LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings,
Exodus 3:9
And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
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