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Deuteronomy 9:26
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 9:26
New English Translation
26 I prayed to him:[a] O, Sovereign Lord,[b] do not destroy your people, your valued property[c] that you have powerfully redeemed,[d] whom you brought out of Egypt by your strength.[e]
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- Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.
- Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “Lord Yahweh” (אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה, ʾadonay yehvih). The phrase is customarily rendered by Jewish tradition as “Lord God” (אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהִים, ʾadonay ʾelohim).
- Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “your inheritance”; NLT “your special (very own NRSV) possession.” Israel is compared to landed property that one would inherit from his ancestors and pass on to his descendants.
- Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “you have redeemed in your greatness.”
- Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “by your strong hand.”
Deuteronomy 9:26
New King James Version
Deuteronomy 9:26
New King James Version
26 Therefore I prayed to the Lord, and said: ‘O Lord God, do not destroy Your people and (A)Your inheritance whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
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