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1. "Skies, listen and I will speak. Earth, hear the words of my mouth.
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1. Give ear H238 , O ye heavens H8064 , and I will speak H1696 ; and hear H8085 , O earth H776 , the words H561 of my mouth H6310 .
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2. My teachings will come like the rain, like a mist falling to the ground, like a gentle rain on the soft grass, like rain on the green plants.
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2. My doctrine H3948 shall drop H6201 as the rain H4306 , my speech H565 shall distill H5140 as the dew H2919 , as the small rain H8164 upon H5921 the tender herb H1877 , and as the showers H7241 upon H5921 the grass H6212 :
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3. Praise God as I speak the Lord's name!
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3. Because H3588 I will publish H7121 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 : ascribe H3051 ye greatness H1433 unto our God H430 .
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4. "The Lord is the Rock, and his work is perfect! Yes, all his ways are right! God is true and faithful. He is good and honest.
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4. He is the Rock H6697 , his work H6467 is perfect H8549 : for H3588 all H3605 his ways H1870 are judgment H4941 : a God H410 of truth H530 and without H369 iniquity H5766 , just H6662 and right H3477 is he H1931 .
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5. And you are not really his children. Your sins would make him dirty. You are crooked liars.
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5. They have corrupted H7843 themselves , their spot H3971 is not H3808 the spot of his children H1121 : they are a perverse H6141 and crooked H6618 generation H1755 .
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6. Is this the way you repay the Lord for all he has done for you? You are stupid, foolish people. He is your Father and your Creator. He made you and he supports you.
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6. Do ye thus H2063 requite H1580 the LORD H3068 , O foolish H5036 people H5971 and unwise H3808 H2450 ? is not H3808 he H1931 thy father H1 that hath bought H7069 thee? hath he H1931 not made H6213 thee , and established H3559 thee?
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7. "Remember the days of the past. Think about what happened so long ago. Ask your father; he will tell you. Ask your leaders; they will tell you.
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7. Remember H2142 the days H3117 of old H5769 , consider H995 the years H8141 of many generations H1755 H1755 : ask H7592 thy father H1 , and he will show H5046 thee ; thy elders H2205 , and they will tell H559 thee.
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8. God Most High separated the people on earth and gave each nation its land. He set up borders for all people. He made as many nations as there are angels.
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8. When the most High H5945 divided H5157 to the nations H1471 their inheritance , when he separated H6504 the sons H1121 of Adam H120 , he set H5324 the bounds H1367 of the people H5971 according to the number H4557 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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9. The Lord chose his people to be his own. The people of Jacob belong to him.
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9. For H3588 the LORD H3068 's portion H2506 is his people H5971 ; Jacob H3290 is the lot H2256 of his inheritance H5159 .
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10. "The Lord found them in the desert, in an empty, windy land. He surrounded them and watched over them. He protected them like the pupil of his eye,
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10. He found H4672 him in a desert H4057 land H776 , and in the waste H8414 howling H3214 wilderness H3452 ; he led him about H5437 , he instructed H995 him , he kept H5341 him as the apple H380 of his eye H5869 .
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11. like an eagle when she makes her young leave the nest to fly. She stays close to them, ready to help. She spreads her wings to catch them when they fall and carries them to a safe place.
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11. As an eagle H5404 stirreth up H5782 her nest H7064 , fluttereth H7363 over H5921 her young H1469 , spreadeth abroad H6566 her wings H3671 , taketh H3947 them, beareth H5375 them on H5921 her wings H84 :
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12. "The Lord alone led his people. They had no help from any foreign god.
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12. So the LORD H3068 alone H910 did lead H5148 him , and there was no H369 strange H5236 god H410 with H5973 him.
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13. The Lord helped them take control of the hill country. They took the harvest in the fields. He gave them honey from the cliffs and olive oil from the rocky ground.
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13. He made him ride H7392 on H5921 the high places H1116 of the earth H776 , that he might eat H398 the increase H8570 of the fields H7704 ; and he made him to suck H3243 honey H1706 out of the rock H4480 H5553 , and oil H8081 out of the flinty H4480 H2496 rock H6697 ;
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14. He gave his people butter from the herd and milk from the flock. He gave them lambs and goats. They had the best rams from Bashan, and the finest wheat. They drank the best wine, made from the juice of red grapes.
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14. Butter H2529 of kine H1241 , and milk H2461 of sheep H6629 , with H5973 fat H2459 of lambs H3733 , and rams H352 of the breed H1121 of Bashan H1316 , and goats H6260 , with H5973 the fat H2459 of kidneys H3629 of wheat H2406 ; and thou didst drink H8354 the pure H2561 blood H1818 of the grape H6025 .
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15. "But Jeshurun became fat and kicked like a bull. (Yes, you people were fed well and became full and fat.) They left the God who made them! They ran away from the Rock who saved them.
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15. But Jeshurun H3484 waxed fat H8080 , and kicked H1163 : thou art waxen fat H8080 , thou art grown thick H5666 , thou art covered H3780 with fatness ; then he forsook H5203 God H433 which made H6213 him , and lightly esteemed H5034 the Rock H6697 of his salvation H3444 .
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16. They made him jealous by worshiping other gods! They made him angry with those disgusting idols.
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16. They provoked him to jealousy H7065 with strange H2114 gods , with abominations H8441 provoked they him to anger H3707 .
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17. They offered sacrifices to demons, to false gods. These were new gods they had not known before, gods their ancestors never knew.
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17. They sacrificed H2076 unto devils H7700 , not H3808 to God H433 ; to gods H430 whom they knew H3045 not H3808 , to new H2319 gods that came H935 newly up H4480 H7138 , whom your fathers H1 feared H8175 not H3808 .
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18. You people left the Rock who made you. You forgot the God who gave you life.
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18. Of the Rock H6697 that begot H3205 thee thou art unmindful H7876 , and hast forgotten H7911 God H410 that formed H2342 thee.
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19. "The Lord saw this and became upset. His sons and daughters made him angry!
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19. And when the LORD H3068 saw H7200 it , he abhorred H5006 them , because of the provoking H4480 H3708 of his sons H1121 , and of his daughters H1323 .
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20. So he said, 'I will turn away from them, then let's see what happens! They are a rebellious people. They are like children who will not learn their lessons.
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20. And he said H559 , I will hide H5641 my face H6440 from H4480 them , I will see H7200 what H4100 their end H319 shall be : for H3588 they H1992 are a very froward H8419 generation H1755 , children H1121 in whom is no H3808 faith H529 .
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21. They made me jealous with demons that aren't gods. They made me angry with these worthless idols. So I will use people who are not a real nation to make them jealous. I will use a foolish nation to make them angry.
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21. They H1992 have moved me to jealousy H7065 with that which is not H3808 God H410 ; they have provoked me to anger H3707 with their vanities H1892 : and I H589 will move them to jealousy H7065 with those which are not H3808 a people H5971 ; I will provoke them to anger H3707 with a foolish H5036 nation H1471 .
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22. My anger will burn like a fire, burning down to the deepest grave, burning the earth and all it produces, burning deep down below the mountains.
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22. For H3588 a fire H784 is kindled H6919 in mine anger H639 , and shall burn H3344 unto H5704 the lowest H8482 hell H7585 , and shall consume H398 the earth H776 with her increase H2981 , and set on fire H3857 the foundations H4146 of the mountains H2022 .
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23. "'I will bring troubles to the Israelites. I will shoot all my arrows at them.
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23. I will heap H5595 mischiefs H7451 upon H5921 them ; I will spend H3615 mine arrows H2671 upon them.
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24. They will become thin from hunger. Terrible diseases will destroy them. I will send wild animals against them. Poisonous snakes and lizards will bite them.
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24. They shall be burnt H4198 with hunger H7458 , and devoured H3898 with burning heat H7565 , and with bitter H4815 destruction H6986 : I will also send H7971 the teeth H8127 of beasts H929 upon them, with H5973 the poison H2534 of serpents H2119 of the dust H6083 .
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25. In the streets, soldiers will kill them. In their houses, terrible things will happen. Soldiers will kill young men and women. They will kill babies and old people.
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25. The sword H2719 without H4480 H2351 , and terror H367 within H4480 H2315 , shall destroy H7921 both H1571 the young man H970 and H1571 the virgin H1330 , the suckling H3243 also with H5973 the man H376 of gray hairs H7872 .
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26. "'I thought about destroying the Israelites so that people would forget them completely!
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26. I said H559 , I would scatter them into corners H6284 , I would make the remembrance H2143 of them to cease H7673 from among men H4480 H376 :
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27. But I know what their enemies would say. The enemy would not understand. They would brag and say, "The Lord did not destroy Israel. We won by our own power!'
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27. Were it not that H3884 I feared H1481 the wrath H3708 of the enemy H341 , lest H6435 their adversaries H6862 should behave themselves strangely H5234 , and lest H6435 they should say H559 , Our hand H3027 is high H7311 , and the LORD H3068 hath not H3808 done H6466 all H3605 this H2063 .
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28. "They are foolish. They don't understand.
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28. For H3588 they H1992 are a nation H1471 void H6 of counsel H6098 , neither H369 is there any understanding H8394 in them.
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29. If they were wise, they would understand; they would know what would happen to them.
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29. O that H3863 they were wise H2449 , that they understood H7919 this H2063 , that they would consider H995 their latter end H319 !
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30. Can one person chase away 1000 men? Can two men cause 10,000 men to run away? This will happen only if the Lord gives them to their enemy. This will happen only if their Rock sells them like slaves.
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30. How H349 should one H259 chase H7291 a thousand H505 , and two H8147 put H5127 ten thousand H7233 to flight H5127 , except H518 H3808 H3588 their Rock H6697 had sold H4376 them , and the LORD H3068 had shut them up H5462 ?
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31. The 'rock' of our enemies is not strong like our Rock. Even our enemies know that.
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31. For H3588 their rock H6697 is not H3808 as our Rock H6697 , even our enemies H341 themselves being judges H6414 .
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32. Their vines and fields will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah. Their grapes are like bitter poison.
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32. For H3588 their vine H1612 is of the vine H4480 H1612 of Sodom H5467 , and of the fields H4480 H7709 of Gomorrah H6017 : their grapes H6025 are grapes H6025 of gall H7219 , their clusters H811 are bitter H4846 :
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33. Their wine is like the poison of deadly snakes.
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33. Their wine H3196 is the poison H2534 of dragons H8577 , and the cruel H393 venom H7219 of asps H6620 .
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34. "The Lord says, 'I am saving that punishment. I have it locked up in my storehouse!
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34. Is not H3808 this H1931 laid up in store H3647 with H5978 me and sealed up H2856 among my treasures H214 ?
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35. I will punish them for the bad things they did. But I am saving that punishment for when they slip and do bad things. Their time of trouble is near. Their punishment will come quickly.'
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35. To me belongeth vengeance H5359 , and recompense H8005 ; their foot H7272 shall slide H4131 in due time H6256 : for H3588 the day H3117 of their calamity H343 is at hand H7138 , and the things that shall come H6264 upon them make haste H2363 .
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36. "The Lord will judge his people. They are his servants, and he will show them mercy. He will see that their power is gone. He will see that they are all helpless� the slaves and free people too.
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36. For H3588 the LORD H3068 shall judge H1777 his people H5971 , and repent himself H5162 for H5921 his servants H5650 , when H3588 he seeth H7200 that H3588 their power H3027 is gone H235 , and there is none H657 shut up H6113 , or left H5800 .
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37. Then the Lord will say, 'Where are the false gods? Where is the "rock" that you ran to for protection?
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37. And he shall say H559 , Where H335 are their gods H430 , their rock H6697 in whom they trusted H2620 ,
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38. Those false gods ate the fat of your sacrifices. And they drank the wine of your offerings. So let them get up and help you! Let them protect you!
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38. Which H834 did eat H398 the fat H2459 of their sacrifices H2077 , and drank H8354 the wine H3196 of their drink offerings H5257 ? let them rise up H6965 and help H5826 you, and be H1961 H5921 your protection H5643 .
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39. "'Now, see that I and only I am God! There is no other God! I put people to death, and I let people live. I can hurt people, and I can make them well. No one can save another person from my power!
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39. See H7200 now H6258 that H3588 I H589 , even I H589 , am he H1931 , and there is no H369 god H430 with H5978 me: I H589 kill H4191 , and I make alive H2421 ; I wound H4272 , and I H589 heal H7495 : neither H369 is there any that can deliver H5337 out of my hand H4480 H3027 .
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40. I raise my hand toward heaven and make this promise. As surely as I live forever, these things will happen!
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40. For H3588 I lift up H5375 my hand H3027 to H413 heaven H8064 , and say H559 , I H595 live H2416 forever H5769 .
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41. I swear, I will sharpen my flashing sword. I will use it to punish my enemies. I will give them the punishment they deserve.
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41. If H518 I whet H8150 my glittering H1300 sword H2719 , and mine hand H3027 take hold H270 on judgment H4941 ; I will render H7725 vengeance H5359 to mine enemies H6862 , and will reward H7999 them that hate H8130 me.
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42. My enemies will be killed and taken as prisoners. My arrows will be covered with their blood. My sword will cut off the heads of their soldiers.'
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42. I will make mine arrows H2671 drunk H7937 with blood H4480 H1818 , and my sword H2719 shall devour H398 flesh H1320 ; and that with the blood H4480 H1818 of the slain H2491 and of the captives H7633 , from the beginning H4480 H7218 of revenges H6546 upon the enemy H341 .
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43. "The whole world should be happy for God's people! God punishes people who kill his servants. He gives his enemies the punishment they deserve. And he makes his land and people pure. "
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43. Rejoice H7442 , O ye nations H1471 , with his people H5971 : for H3588 he will avenge H5358 the blood H1818 of his servants H5650 , and will render H7725 vengeance H5359 to his adversaries H6862 , and will be merciful H3722 unto his land H127 , and to his people H5971 .
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44. Moses and Joshua son of Nun came and sang all the words of this song for the Israelites to hear.
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44. And Moses H4872 came H935 and spoke H1696 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 of this H2063 song H7892 in the ears H241 of the people H5971 , he H1931 , and Hoshea H1954 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 .
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45. When Moses finished giving these teachings to the people,
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45. And Moses H4872 made an end H3615 of speaking H1696 H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 to H413 all H3605 Israel H3478 :
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46. he said to them, "You must be sure to pay attention to all the commands I tell you today. And you must tell your children to obey completely the commands in this Law.
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46. And he said H559 unto H413 them, Set H7760 your hearts H3824 unto all H3605 the words H1697 which H834 I H595 testify H5749 among you this day H3117 , which H834 ye shall command H6680 H853 your children H1121 to observe H8104 to do H6213 , H853 all H3605 the words H1697 of this H2063 law H8451 .
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47. Don't think these teachings are not important. They are your life! Through these teachings you will live a long time in the land across the Jordan River that you are ready to take."
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47. For H3588 it H1931 is not H3808 a vain H7386 thing H1697 for H4480 you; because H3588 it H1931 is your life H2416 : and through this H2088 thing H1697 ye shall prolong H748 your days H3117 in H5921 the land H127 , whither H834 H8033 ye H859 go over H5674 H853 Jordan H3383 to possess H3423 it.
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48. The Lord spoke to Moses that same day. He said,
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48. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 Moses H4872 that H2088 selfsame H6106 day H3117 , saying H559 ,
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49. "Go to the Abarim Mountains. Go up on Mount Nebo in the land of Moab across from the city of Jericho. Then you can look at the land of Canaan that I am giving to the Israelites to live in.
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49. Get thee up H5927 into H413 this H2088 mountain H2022 Abarim H5682 , unto mount H2022 Nebo H5015 , which H834 is in the land H776 of Moab H4124 , that H834 is over H5921 against H6440 Jericho H3405 ; and behold H7200 H853 the land H776 of Canaan H3667 , which H834 I H589 give H5414 unto the children H1121 of Israel H3478 for a possession H272 :
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50. You will die on that mountain. You will go to be with your people, the same as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor.
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50. And die H4191 in the mount H2022 whither H834 H8033 thou H859 goest up H5927 , and be gathered H622 unto H413 thy people H5971 ; as H834 Aaron H175 thy brother H251 died H4191 in mount H2022 Hor H2023 , and was gathered H622 unto H413 his people H5971 :
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51. This is because you both sinned against me. You were at the waters of Meribah near Kadesh, in the desert of Zin. There, in front of the Israelites, you did not honor me and show that I am holy.
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51. Because H5921 H834 ye trespassed H4603 against me among H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 at the waters H4325 of Meribah H4809 H6946 -Kadesh , in the wilderness H4057 of Zin H6790 ; because H5921 H834 ye sanctified H6942 me not H3808 in the midst H8432 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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52. So now you may see the land that I am giving to the Israelites. But you cannot go into that land."
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52. Yet H3588 thou shalt see H7200 H853 the land H776 before H4480 H5048 thee ; but thou shalt not H3808 go H935 thither H8033 unto H413 the land H776 which H834 I H589 give H5414 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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