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But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?

But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:

…holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.