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Psalm 99:6
Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who call on his name. They called on the LORD, and he answered them.
4The King’s strength also loves justice. You establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5Exalt the LORD our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!
6Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who call on his name. They called on the LORD, and he answered them.
7He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them.
8You answered them, LORD our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.
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Moses, Aaron, and Samuel are remembered here as people who called on YHWH, drawing attention to their need for God and his answer.
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Jeremiah 15:1Then the LORD said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go …Both passages name Moses and Samuel before God; Jeremiah says even their presence would not turn God from his judgment.
1 Chronicles 4:10Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, …Jabez joins the people named in Psalm 99 as someone who called on God and received an answer.
Psalm 105:1Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.Psalm 105 urges people to call on the LORD’s name, the same act Psalm 99 remembers in Israel’s leaders.
1 Samuel 7:9Samuel took a suckling lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering to the LORD. Samuel cried to the LORD for Israel, and the LORD answered him.Samuel’s cry for Israel and the LORD’s answer show a specific occasion of the prayer Psalm 99 recalls.
John 9:31We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him.Psalm 99 recounts God answering his servants; John 9 records a claim that God hears those who worship and obey him.
Exodus 15:25Then he cried to the LORD. The LORD showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an …Both passages describe a cry to the LORD and his response; Exodus recounts help when the waters needed to be made sweet.
Deuteronomy 9:19For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was angry against you to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me that time also.Psalm 99 remembers the LORD answering prayer, while Deuteronomy recounts his listening amid fear of his anger.
1 Samuel 3:4The LORD called Samuel. He said, “Here I am.”Both passages name Samuel, with the direction of calling reversed: the LORD calls Samuel, and Samuel calls on the LORD.
Exodus 24:6–8Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.Psalm 99 names Moses among God’s priests; Exodus describes Moses handling sacrificial blood and sprinkling it on the altar.
Acts 3:24Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, also told of these days.Both passages remember Samuel: Psalm 99 for calling on the LORD, and Acts among the prophets who spoke.
Exodus 6:26These are that Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.”Both passages name Aaron and Moses in relation to the LORD, as priests in the psalm and commissioned leaders in Exodus.
1 Samuel 12:6Samuel said to the people, “It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.Both passages name Moses, Aaron, and Samuel; Samuel’s speech identifies the LORD as the one who appointed Moses and Aaron.
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