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Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
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Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
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So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?”
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But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.
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and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills—
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and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills—
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“‘Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
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“‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.
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“‘A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.’”
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I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the power of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them. They will share the burden of the people with you so that you will not have to carry it alone.
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Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took some of the power of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but did not do so again.
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However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp.
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But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!”
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But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.
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When Balaam looked out and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him
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So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit of leadership, and lay your hand on him.
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But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the Lord your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to give him into your hands, as he has now done.
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But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
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Fear the Lord
And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
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So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul—
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you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.
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Follow the Lord’s Commands
The Lord your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.
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and when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today,
