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It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
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And they took in their hands some of the fruit of the land and brought it down to us, and brought us word again and said, ‘It is a good land that the Lord our God is giving us.’
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(It is also counted as a land of Rephaim. Rephaim formerly lived there—but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim—
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Jair the Manassite took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called the villages after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)
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You shall not fear them, for it is the Lord your God who fights for you.’
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driving out before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day,
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It is the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear.
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but it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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The carved images of their gods you shall burn with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.
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And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house and become devoted to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest and abhor it, for it is devoted to destruction.
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You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
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“Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, ‘It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,’ whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you.
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The Golden Calf
“Furthermore, the Lord said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people.
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For the land that you are entering to take possession of it is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated it, like a garden of vegetables.
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And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.
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But if it has any blemish, if it is lame or blind or has any serious blemish whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.
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and it is told you and you hear of it, then you shall inquire diligently, and if it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel,
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A New Prophet like Moses
“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen—
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Atonement for Unsolved Murders
“If in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess someone is found slain, lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him,
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“You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.
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It is not with you alone that I am making this sworn covenant,
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Then people will say, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt,
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It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’
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But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.
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Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”
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It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
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For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.”