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And the little ones that you said would be taken captive, your children who do not yet know good from bad—they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it.
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The rest of Gilead and also all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (The whole region of Argob in Bashan used to be known as a land of the Rephaites.
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However, your wives, your children and your livestock (I know you have much livestock) may stay in the towns I have given you,
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You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other.
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Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
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Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
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He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
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Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
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He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known, to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with you.
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The people are strong and tall—Anakites! You know about them and have heard it said: “Who can stand up against the Anakites?”
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You have been rebellious against the Lord ever since I have known you.
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the curse if you disobey the commands of the Lord your God and turn from the way that I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
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As you know, these mountains are across the Jordan, westward, toward the setting sun, near the great trees of Moreh, in the territory of those Canaanites living in the Arabah in the vicinity of Gilgal.
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and if the sign or wonder spoken of takes place, and the prophet says, “Let us follow other gods” (gods you have not known) “and let us worship them,”
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If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,
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that troublemakers have arisen among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods you have not known),
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You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?”
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However, you may cut down trees that you know are not fruit trees and use them to build siege works until the city at war with you falls.
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Atonement for an Unsolved Murder
If someone is found slain, lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who the killer was,
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If they do not live near you or if you do not know who owns it, take it home with you and keep it until they come looking for it. Then give it back.
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That man’s line shall be known in Israel as The Family of the Unsandaled.
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A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days.
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Then the Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.
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You ate no bread and drank no wine or other fermented drink. I did this so that you might know that I am the Lord your God.”
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You yourselves know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through the countries on the way here.
