Exodus 32:32
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32 (A) But I beg you to forgive them. If you don't, please wipe my name out of your book.”[a]
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- 32.32 your book: The people of Israel believed that the Lord kept a record of the names of his people, and anyone whose name was removed from that book no longer belonged to the Lord.
Revelation 3:5
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5 (A) Everyone who wins the victory will wear white clothes. Their names will not be erased from the book of life,[a] and I will tell my Father and his angels that they are my followers.
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- 3.5 book of life: The book in which the names of God's people are written.
Revelation 13:8
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8 (A) The beast was worshiped by everyone whose name wasn't written before the time of creation in the book of the Lamb who was killed.[a]
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- 13.8 wasn't written … was killed: Or “not written in the book of the Lamb who was killed before the time of creation.”
Revelation 17:8
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8 (A) The beast you saw is one that used to be and no longer is. It will come back from the deep pit, but only to be destroyed. Everyone on earth whose names were not written in the book of life[a] before the time of creation will be amazed. They will see this beast that used to be and no longer is, but will be once more.
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- 17.8 book of life: See the note at 3.5.
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