THEOSISCyrill of Alexandria
They were enslaved by the Egyptians for four hundred thirty years, yet by divine grace, they were delivered from the house of bondage and the iron furnace, as it is written, signifying the harshness of the Egyptians.
Deuteronomy 4:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
But the Lord hath taken you and brought you out of the iron furnaces of Egypt, to make you his people of inheritance, as it is this present day.
וְאֶתְכֶם֙ לָקַ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה וַיּוֹצִ֥א אֶתְכֶ֛ם מִכּ֥וּר הַבַּרְזֶ֖ל מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם לִהְי֥וֹת ל֛וֹ לְעַ֥ם נַחֲלָ֖ה כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 11:4Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying: Hear ye my voice, and do all things that I command you: and you shall be my people, and I will be your God:
- Deut 9:29Who are thy people and thy inheritance, whom thou hast brought out by thy great strength, and in thy stretched out arm.
- Ex 19:5If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: for all the earth is mine.
- Ex 19:6And you shall be to me a priestly kingdom, and a holy nation. These are the words thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.
- Deut 32:9But the Lord's portion is his people: Jacob the lot of his inheritance.
- 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you may declare his virtues, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
- Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works.
- Isa 63:17Why hast thou made us to err, O Lord, from thy ways: why hast thou hardened our heart, that we should not fear thee? return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy inheritance.