God's Covenant with Noah
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Then Noah built an j altar to the LORD, and took of k every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered l burnt offerings on the altar.
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And the LORD smelled m a soothing aroma. Then the LORD said in His heart, "I will never again n curse the ground for man's sake, although the o imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; p nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.
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While the earth q remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And r day and night
Shall not cease."
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So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: a "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
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b "And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.
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c "Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you d all things, even as the e green herbs.
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f "But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
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"Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; g from the hand of every beast I will require it, and h from the hand of man. From the hand of every i man's brother I will require the life of man.
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Whoever j sheds man's blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
k For in the image of God
He made man.
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And as for you, l be fruitful and multiply;
Bring forth abundantly in the earth
And multiply in it."
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Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying:
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"And as for Me, m behold, I establish n My covenant with you and with your descendants after you,
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o "and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth.
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"Thus p I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."
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And God said: q "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
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"I set r My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
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"It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud;
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"and s I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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"The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember t the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
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And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."
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Cross References
Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Exodus 29:18
And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD; it is a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
Exodus 29:25
You shall receive them back from their hands and burn them on the altar as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma before the LORD. It is an offering made by fire to the LORD.
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Cross References
Genesis 7:2
You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female.
Leviticus 11:1
Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them.
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Cross References
Genesis 22:2
Then He said, "Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.
Exodus 10:25
But Moses said, "You must also give us sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
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Cross References
Exodus 29:18
And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. ...
Exodus 29:25
You shall receive them back from their hands an...
Leviticus 1:9
But he shall wash its entrails and its legs wit...
Ezekiel 20:41
I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring...
2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among...
Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us a...
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Cross References
Genesis 3:17
Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it': Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.
Genesis 6:7
So the LORD said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.
Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Genesis 6:17
And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
Isaiah 54:9
For this is like the waters of Noah to Me; For as I have sworn That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth, So have I sworn That I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
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Cross References
Genesis 6:5
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man wa...
Genesis 11:6
And the LORD said, "Indeed the people are one a...
Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? ...
Psalms 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in...
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, And de...
Romans 1:21
Because, although they knew God, they did not g...
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory...
Ephesians 2:1 - 3
And you He made alive, who were dead in trespas...
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Cross References
Genesis 9:11
"Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."
Genesis 9:15
And I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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Cross References
Isaiah 54:9
For this is like the waters of Noah to Me; For as I have sworn That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth, So have I sworn That I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
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Cross References
Psalms 74:16
The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have prepared the light and the sun.
Jeremiah 33:20
Thus says the LORD: 'If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season.
Jeremiah 33:25
Thus says the LORD: 'If My covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth.
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Cross References
Genesis 1:28
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "B...
Genesis 1:29
And God said, "See, I have given you every herb...
Genesis 8:17
"Bring out with you every living thing of all f...
Genesis 9:7
And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Bring...
Genesis 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah, and from the...
Genesis 10:32
These were the families of the sons of Noah, ac...
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Cross References
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
Genesis 1:28
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.
Psalms 8:6
You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:15
However, you may slaughter and eat meat within ...
Deuteronomy 14:3
You shall not eat any detestable thing.
Deuteronomy 14:9
These you may eat of all that are in the waters...
Deuteronomy 14:11
All clean birds you may eat.
Acts 10:12
In it were all kinds of four-footed animals of ...
Acts 10:13
And a voice came to him, "Rise, Peter; kill and...
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Cross References
Romans 14:14
I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that ...
Romans 14:20
Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of ...
1 Corinthians 10:23
All things are lawful for me, but not all thing...
1 Corinthians 10:26
For "the earth is the LORD's, and all its fulln...
Colossians 2:16
So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or...
1 Timothy 4:3
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain ...
1 Timothy 4:4
For every creature of God is good, and nothing ...
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Cross References
Genesis 1:29
And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
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Cross References
Leviticus 7:26
Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of ...
Leviticus 17:10 - 16
And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of ...
Leviticus 19:26
You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor ...
Deuteronomy 12:16
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pou...
Deuteronomy 12:23
Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for...
Deuteronomy 15:23
Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pou...
1 Samuel 14:33
Then they told Saul, saying, "Look, the people ...
1 Samuel 14:34
Then Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the ...
Acts 15:20
But that we write to them to abstain from thing...
Acts 15:29
That you abstain from things offered to idols, ...
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Cross References
Exodus 21:28
If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be acquitted.
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Cross References
Genesis 4:9
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?
Genesis 4:10
And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Psalms 9:12
When He avenges blood, He remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the humble.
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Cross References
Acts 17:26
And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings.
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Cross References
Exodus 21:12 - 14
He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 24:17
Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death.
Numbers 35:33
So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it.
Matthew 26:52
But Jesus said to him, "Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
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Cross References
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
Genesis 1:27
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
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Cross References
Genesis 9:1
So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
Genesis 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
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Cross References
Genesis 6:18
But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark - you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
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Cross References
Isaiah 54:9
For this is like the waters of Noah to Me; For as I have sworn That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth, So have I sworn That I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
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Cross References
Psalms 145:9
The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works.
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Cross References
Genesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled a soothing aroma. Then the LORD said in His heart, "I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.
Isaiah 54:9
For this is like the waters of Noah to Me; For as I have sworn That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth, So have I sworn That I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
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Cross References
Genesis 9:13
I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
Genesis 9:17
And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.
Genesis 17:11
And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 1:28
Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.
Revelation 4:3
And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
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Cross References
Leviticus 26:42
Then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham I will remember; I will remember the land.
Leviticus 26:45
But for their sake I will remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.'
Deuteronomy 7:9
Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments.
Ezekiel 16:60
Nevertheless I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
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Cross References
Genesis 17:13
He who is born in your house and he who is boug...
Genesis 17:19
Then God said: "No, Sarah your wife shall bear ...
2 Samuel 23:5
Although my house is not so with God, Yet He ha...
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and you...
Jeremiah 32:40
And I will make an everlasting covenant with th...
Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lor...
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