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12 [a](A)Honor your father and your mother, that you may have a long life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.(B)

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  1. 20:12–17 The Decalogue falls into two parts: the preceding precepts refer to God, the following refer primarily to one’s fellow Israelites.

12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

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12 (A)“Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.

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12 (A)Honor your father and your mother, so that your (B)days may be prolonged on the land which the Lord your God gives you.

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12 “Honor your father and your mother,(A) so that you may live long(B) in the land(C) the Lord your God is giving you.

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