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1. Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
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1. Now H6258 therefore hearken H8085 , O Israel H3478 , unto H413 the statutes H2706 and unto H413 the judgments H4941 , which H834 I H595 teach H3925 you , for to do H6213 them , that H4616 ye may live H2421 , and go in H935 and possess H3423 H853 the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 God H430 of your fathers H1 giveth H5414 you.
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2. Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am delivering to you.
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2. Ye shall not H3808 add H3254 unto H5921 the word H1697 which H834 I H595 command H6680 you, neither H3808 shall ye diminish H1639 aught from H4480 it , that ye may keep H8104 H853 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 which H834 I H595 command H6680 you.
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3. You have witnessed what the LORD did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor.
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3. Your eyes H5869 have seen H7200 H853 what H834 the LORD H3068 did H6213 because of Baal H1187 -peor: for H3588 all H3605 the men H376 that H834 followed H1980 H310 Baal H1187 -peor , the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath destroyed H8045 them from among H4480 H7130 you.
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4. But you who remained faithful to the LORD your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you.
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4. But ye H859 that did cleave H1695 unto the LORD H3068 your God H430 are alive H2416 every one H3605 of you this day H3117 .
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5. Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in the land you are about to enter and possess.
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5. Behold H7200 , I have taught H3925 you statutes H2706 and judgments H4941 , even as H834 the LORD H3068 my God H430 commanded H6680 me , that ye should do H6213 so H3651 in H7130 the land H776 whither H834 H8033 ye H859 go H935 to possess H3423 it.
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6. So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, "Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people."
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6. Keep H8104 therefore and do H6213 them ; for H3588 this H1931 is your wisdom H2451 and your understanding H998 in the sight H5869 of the nations H5971 , which H834 shall hear H8085 H853 all H3605 these H428 statutes H2706 , and say H559 , Surely H7535 this H2088 great H1419 nation H1471 is a wise H2450 and understanding H995 people H5971 .
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7. In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the LORD our God whenever we call on him?
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7. For H3588 what H4310 nation H1471 is there so great H1419 , who H834 hath God H430 so nigh H7138 unto H413 them , as the LORD H3068 our God H430 is in all H3605 things that we call H7121 upon H413 him for ?
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8. And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today?
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8. And what H4310 nation H1471 is there so great H1419 , that H834 hath statutes H2706 and judgments H4941 so righteous H6662 as all H3605 this H2063 law H8451 , which H834 I H595 set H5414 before H6440 you this day H3117 ?
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9. Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.
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9. Only H7535 take heed H8104 to thyself , and keep H8104 thy soul H5315 diligently H3966 , lest H6435 thou forget H7911 H853 the things H1697 which H834 thine eyes H5869 have seen H7200 , and lest H6435 they depart H5493 from thy heart H4480 H3824 all H3605 the days H3117 of thy life H2416 : but teach H3045 them thy sons H1121 , and thy sons H1121 ' sons H1121 ;
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10. You stood before the LORD your God at Horeb and he said to me, "Assemble the people before me so that I can tell them my commands. Then they will learn to revere me all the days they live in the land, and they will instruct their children."
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10. Especially the day H3117 that H834 thou stoodest H5975 before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 in Horeb H2722 , when the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 me , Gather me the people together H6950 H853 H5971 , and I will make them hear H8085 H853 my words H1697 , that H834 they may learn H3925 to fear H3372 me all H3605 the days H3117 that H834 they H1992 shall live H2416 upon H5921 the earth H127 , and that they may teach H3925 their children H1121 .
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11. You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.
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11. And ye came near H7126 and stood H5975 under H8478 the mountain H2022 ; and the mountain H2022 burned H1197 with fire H784 unto H5704 the midst H3820 of heaven H8064 , with darkness H6205 , clouds H6051 , and thick darkness H6205 .
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12. Then the LORD spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard speech but you could not see anything� only a voice was heard.
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12. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 you out of the midst H4480 H8432 of the fire H784 : ye H859 heard H8085 the voice H6963 of the words H1697 , but saw H7200 no H369 similitude H8544 ; only H2108 ye heard a voice H6963 .
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13. And he revealed to you the covenant he has commanded you to keep, the ten commandments, writing them on two stone tablets.
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13. And he declared H5046 unto you H853 his covenant H1285 , which H834 he commanded H6680 you to perform H6213 , even ten H6235 commandments H1697 ; and he wrote H3789 them upon H5921 two H8147 tables H3871 of stone H68 .
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14. Moreover, at that same time the LORD commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to keep in the land which you are about to enter and possess.
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14. And the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 me at that H1931 time H6256 to teach H3925 you statutes H2706 and judgments H4941 , that ye might do H6213 them in the land H776 whither H834 H8033 ye H859 go over H5674 to possess H3423 it.
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15. Be very careful, then, because you saw no form at the time the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire.
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15. Take ye therefore good heed H8104 H3966 unto yourselves H5315 ; for H3588 ye saw H7200 no H3808 manner H3605 of similitude H8544 on the day H3117 that the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 you in Horeb H2722 out of the midst H4480 H8432 of the fire H784 :
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16. I say this so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female,
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16. Lest H6435 ye corrupt H7843 yourselves , and make H6213 you a graven image H6459 , the similitude H8544 of any H3605 figure H5566 , the likeness H8403 of male H2145 or H176 female H5347 ,
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17. any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky,
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17. The likeness H8403 of any H3605 beast H929 that H834 is on the earth H776 , the likeness H8403 of any H3605 winged H3671 fowl H6833 that H834 flieth H5774 in the air H8064 ,
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18. anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth.
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18. The likeness H8403 of any thing H3605 that creepeth H7430 on the ground H127 , the likeness H8403 of any H3605 fish H1710 that H834 is in the waters H4325 beneath H4480 H8478 the earth H776 :
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19. When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars� the whole heavenly creation� you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the LORD your God has assigned them to all the people of the world.
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19. And lest H6435 thou lift up H5375 thine eyes H5869 unto heaven H8064 , and when thou seest H7200 H853 the sun H8121 , and the moon H3394 , and the stars H3556 , even all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 , shouldest be driven H5080 to worship H7812 them , and serve H5647 them, which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath divided H2505 H853 unto all H3605 nations H5971 under H8478 the whole H3605 heaven H8064 .
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20. You, however, the LORD has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.
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20. But the LORD H3068 hath taken H3947 you , and brought you forth H3318 H853 out of the iron H1270 furnace H4480 H3564 , even out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , to be H1961 unto him a people H5971 of inheritance H5159 , as ye are this H2088 day H3117 .
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21. But the LORD became angry with me because of you and vowed that I would never cross the Jordan nor enter the good land that he is about to give you.
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21. Furthermore the LORD H3068 was angry H599 with me for your sakes H5921 H1697 , and swore H7650 that I should not H1115 go over H5674 H853 Jordan H3383 , and that I should not H1115 go in H935 unto H413 that good H2896 land H776 , which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee for an inheritance H5159 :
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22. So I must die here in this land; I will not cross the Jordan. But you are going over and will possess that good land.
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22. But H3588 I H595 must die H4191 in this H2063 land H776 , I must not H369 go over H5674 H853 Jordan H3383 : but ye H859 shall go over H5674 , and possess H3423 H853 that H2063 good H2896 land H776 .
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23. Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he has forbidden you.
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23. Take heed H8104 unto yourselves, lest H6435 ye forget H7911 H853 the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 , which H834 he made H3772 with H5973 you , and make H6213 you a graven image H6459 , or the likeness H8544 of any H3605 thing , which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath forbidden H6680 thee.
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24. For the LORD your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.
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24. For H3588 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 is a consuming H398 fire H784 , even a jealous H7067 God H410 .
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25. After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the LORD your God that enrage him,
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25. When H3588 thou shalt beget H3205 children H1121 , and children H1121 's children H1121 , and ye shall have remained long H3462 in the land H776 , and shall corrupt H7843 yourselves , and make H6213 a graven image H6459 , or the likeness H8544 of any H3605 thing , and shall do H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , to provoke him to anger H3707 :
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26. I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely and swiftly be removed from the very land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not last long there because you will surely be annihilated.
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26. I call H5749 H853 heaven H8064 and earth H776 to witness H5749 against you this day H3117 , that H3588 ye shall soon H4118 utterly perish H6 H6 from off H4480 H5921 the land H776 whereunto H834 H8033 ye H859 go over H5674 H853 Jordan H3383 to possess H3423 it ; ye shall not H3808 prolong H748 your days H3117 upon H5921 it, but H3588 shall utterly be destroyed H8045 H8045 .
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27. Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the LORD will drive you.
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27. And the LORD H3068 shall scatter H6327 you among the nations H5971 , and ye shall be left H7604 few H4962 in number H4557 among the heathen H1471 , whither H834 H8033 the LORD H3068 shall lead H5090 you.
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28. There you will worship gods made by human hands� wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.
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28. And there H8033 ye shall serve H5647 gods H430 , the work H4639 of men H120 's hands H3027 , wood H6086 and stone H68 , which H834 neither H3808 see H7200 , nor H3808 hear H8085 , nor H3808 eat H398 , nor H3808 smell H7306 .
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29. But if you seek the LORD your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.
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29. But if from thence H4480 H8033 thou shalt seek H1245 H853 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , thou shalt find H4672 him , if H3588 thou seek H1875 him with all H3605 thy heart H3824 and with all H3605 thy soul H5315 .
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30. In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the LORD your God and obey him
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30. When thou art in tribulation H6862 , and all H3605 these H428 things H1697 are come H4672 upon thee, even in the latter H319 days H3117 , if thou turn H7725 to H5704 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , and shalt be obedient H8085 unto his voice H6963 ;
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31. (for he is a merciful God), he will not let you down or destroy you, for he cannot forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them.
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31. ( For H3588 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 is a merciful H7349 God;) H410 he will not H3808 forsake H7503 thee, neither H3808 destroy H7843 thee, nor H3808 forget H7911 H853 the covenant H1285 of thy fathers H1 which H834 he swore H7650 unto them.
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32. Indeed, ask about the distant past, starting from the day God created humankind on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether there has ever been such a great thing as this, or even a rumor of it.
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32. For H3588 ask H7592 now H4994 of the days H3117 that are past H7223 , which H834 were H1961 before H6440 thee, since H4480 the day H3117 that H834 God H430 created H1254 man H120 upon H5921 the earth H776 , and ask from the one side H4480 H7097 of heaven H8064 unto H5704 the other H7097 H8064 , whether there hath been H1961 any such thing as this H2088 great H1419 thing H1697 is , or H176 hath been heard H8085 like it H3644 ?
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33. Have a people ever heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of fire, as you yourselves have, and lived to tell about it?
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33. Did ever people H5971 hear H8085 the voice H6963 of God H430 speaking H1696 out of the midst H4480 H8432 of the fire H784 , as H834 thou H859 hast heard H8085 , and live H2421 ?
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34. Or has God ever before tried to deliver a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, signs, wonders, war, strength, power, and other very terrifying things like the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?
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34. Or H176 hath God H430 attempted H5254 to go H935 and take H3947 him a nation H1471 from the midst H4480 H7130 of another nation H1471 , by temptations H4531 , by signs H226 , and by wonders H4159 , and by war H4421 , and by a mighty H2389 hand H3027 , and by a stretched out H5186 arm H2220 , and by great H1419 terrors H4172 , according to all H3605 that H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 did H6213 for you in Egypt H4714 before your eyes H5869 ?
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35. You have been taught that the LORD alone is God� there is no other besides him.
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35. Unto thee H859 it was showed H7200 , that thou mightest know H3045 that H3588 the LORD H3068 he H1931 is God H430 ; there is none H369 else H5750 beside H4480 H905 him.
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36. From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words.
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36. Out of H4480 heaven H8064 he made thee to hear H8085 H853 his voice H6963 , that he might instruct H3256 thee : and upon H5921 earth H776 he showed H7200 thee H853 his great H1419 fire H784 ; and thou heardest H8085 his words H1697 out of the midst H4480 H8432 of the fire H784 .
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37. Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power
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37. And because H8478 H3588 he loved H157 H853 thy fathers H1 , therefore he chose H977 their seed H2233 after H310 them , and brought thee out H3318 in his sight H6440 with his mighty H1419 power H3581 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 ;
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38. to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property.
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38. To drive out H3423 nations H1471 from before H4480 H6440 thee greater H1419 and mightier H6099 than H4480 thou art , to bring thee in H935 , to give H5414 thee H853 their land H776 for an inheritance H5159 , as it is this H2088 day H3117 .
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39. Today realize and carefully consider that the LORD is God in heaven above and on earth below� there is no other!
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39. Know H3045 therefore this day H3117 , and consider H7725 it in H413 thine heart H3824 , that H3588 the LORD H3068 he H1931 is God H430 in heaven H8064 above H4480 H4605 , and upon H5921 the earth H776 beneath H4480 H8478 : there is none H369 else H5750 .
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40. Keep his statutes and commandments that I am setting forth today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you as a permanent possession.
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40. Thou shalt keep H8104 therefore H853 his statutes H2706 , and his commandments H4687 , which H834 I H595 command H6680 thee this day H3117 , that H834 it may go well H3190 with thee , and with thy children H1121 after H310 thee , and that H4616 thou mayest prolong H748 thy days H3117 upon H5921 the earth H127 , which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee, forever H3605 H3117 .
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41. Then Moses selected three cities in the Transjordan, toward the east.
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41. Then H227 Moses H4872 severed H914 three H7969 cities H5892 on this side H5676 Jordan H3383 toward the sunrising H4217 H8121 ;
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42. Anyone who accidentally killed someone without hating him at the time of the accident could flee to one of those cities and be safe.
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42. That the slayer H7523 might flee H5127 thither H8033 , which H834 should kill H7523 H853 his neighbor H7453 unawares H1097 H1847 , and hated H8130 him not H3808 in times past H4480 H8543 H8032 ; and that fleeing H5127 unto H413 one H259 of H4480 these H411 cities H5892 he might live H2425 :
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43. These cities are Bezer, in the desert plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassehites.
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43. Namely , H853 Bezer H1221 in the wilderness H4057 , in the plain H4334 country H776 , of the Reubenites H7206 ; and Ramoth H7216 in Gilead H1568 , of the Gadites H1425 ; and Golan H1474 in Bashan H1316 , of the Manassites H4520 .
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44. This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.
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44. And this H2063 is the law H8451 which H834 Moses H4872 set H7760 before H6440 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 :
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45. These are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that Moses spoke to the Israelites after he had brought them out of Egypt,
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45. These H428 are the testimonies H5713 , and the statutes H2706 , and the judgments H4941 , which H834 Moses H4872 spoke H1696 unto H413 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , after they came forth H3318 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 ,
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46. in the Transjordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. (It is he whom Moses and the Israelites attacked after they came out of Egypt.
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46. On this side H5676 Jordan H3383 , in the valley H1516 over against H4136 Beth H1047 -peor , in the land H776 of Sihon H5511 king H4428 of the Amorites H567 , who H834 dwelt H3427 at Heshbon H2809 , whom H834 Moses H4872 and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 smote H5221 , after they were come forth H3318 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 :
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47. They possessed his land and that of King Og of Bashan� both of whom were Amorite kings in the Transjordan, to the east.
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47. And they possessed H3423 H853 his land H776 , and the land H776 of Og H5747 king H4428 of Bashan H1316 , two H8147 kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 , which H834 were on this side H5676 Jordan H3383 toward the sunrising H4217 H8121 ;
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48. Their territory extended from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon valley as far as Mount Siyon� that is, Hermon�
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48. From Aroer H4480 H6177 , which H834 is by H5921 the bank H8193 of the river H5158 Arnon H769 , even unto H5704 mount H2022 Zion H7865 , which H1931 is Hermon H2768 ,
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49. including all the Arabah of the Transjordan in the east to the sea of the Arabah, beneath the watershed of Pisgah.)
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49. And all H3605 the plain H6160 on this side H5676 Jordan H3383 eastward H4217 , even unto H5704 the sea H3220 of the plain H6160 , under H8478 the springs H794 of Pisgah H6449 .
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