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For he issued his laws to Jacob;
    he gave his instructions to Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
    to teach them to their children,

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He decreed statutes(A) for Jacob(B)
    and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to teach their children,

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Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.

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Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(A)

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Fathers,[a] do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:4 Or Parents.

Fathers,[a] do not exasperate your children;(A) instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.(B)

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  1. Ephesians 6:4 Or Parents

He made it a law for Israel[a]
    when he attacked Egypt to set us free.

I heard an unknown voice say,

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  1. 81:5 Hebrew for Joseph.

When God went out against Egypt,(A)
    he established it as a statute for Joseph.

I heard an unknown voice say:(B)

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45 These are the laws, decrees, and regulations that Moses gave to the people of Israel when they left Egypt,

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45 These are the stipulations, decrees and laws Moses gave them when they came out of Egypt

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19 Only the living can praise you as I do today.
    Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.

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19 The living, the living—they praise(A) you,
    as I am doing today;
parents tell their children(B)
    about your faithfulness.

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Yes, there are great benefits! First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the whole revelation of God.[a]

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  1. 3:2 Greek the oracles of God.

Much in every way!(A) First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.(B)

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20 Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.

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20 Consult God’s instruction(A) and the testimony of warning.(B) If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light(C) of dawn.

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19 He has revealed his words to Jacob,
    his decrees and regulations to Israel.

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19 He has revealed his word(A) to Jacob,(B)
    his laws and decrees(C) to Israel.

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    stories we have heard and known,
    stories our ancestors handed down to us.
We will not hide these truths from our children;
    we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the Lord,
    about his power and his mighty wonders.

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things we have heard and known,
    things our ancestors have told us.(A)
We will not hide them from their descendants;(B)
    we will tell the next generation(C)
the praiseworthy deeds(D) of the Lord,
    his power, and the wonders(E) he has done.

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The instructions of the Lord are perfect,
    reviving the soul.
The decrees of the Lord are trustworthy,
    making wise the simple.

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The law of the Lord(A) is perfect,(B)
    refreshing the soul.(C)
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,(D)
    making wise the simple.(E)

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19 Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.

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19 Teach them to your children,(A) talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(B)

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Place the Ark of the Covenant[a] inside, and install the inner curtain to enclose the Ark within the Most Holy Place.

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  1. 40:3 Or Ark of the Testimony; also in 40:5, 21.

Place the ark(A) of the covenant law in it and shield the ark with the curtain.

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