Quotes about Identity
And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”
— Deuteronomy 25:10
Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.
— Deuteronomy 28:10
“We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”
— Joshua 9:8
Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),
— Joshua 15:25
For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
— Joshua 23:12
And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
— Judges 11:2
The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
— Judges 12:5
they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
— Judges 12:6
The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.
— Ruth 1:2
“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
— Ruth 1:20
And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”
— Ruth 2:5
“Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”
— Ruth 3:9