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Numbers 15:37–41
37Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
38“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they should make themselves fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue.
39It shall be to you for a fringe, that you may see it, and remember all Yahweh’s commandments, and do them; and that you don’t follow your own heart and your own eyes, after which you used to play the prostitute;
40so that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.
41I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Yahweh your God.”
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Tuesday · July 14 · day 9 in John
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John 4:14
but whoever drinks of the w––– that I will give him will never t––––– again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a w––– of water springing up to eternal l–––.”
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7A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”
10Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
11The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water?
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John 4:10
4:10 Shechem had no rivers and thus no living water (see “Living Water” Theme Note). However, Jesus was speaking symbolically: This gift from God was the Holy Spirit (7:37-39).
Adapted from Tyndale Open Study Notes and Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary · CC BY-SA 4.0
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