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1From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with brooks of water.
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At that time
2the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi
3to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD
4to stand before the LORD to minister to him and
5to bless in his name, to this day.
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6Therefore Levi has no portion or inheritance with his brothers. The LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God said to him.)
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7"I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights,
8and the LORD listened to me that time also. The LORD was unwilling to destroy you.
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9And the LORD said to me, 'Arise, go on your journey at the head of the people, so that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them.'
Circumcise Your Heart
12 "And now, Israel,
10what does the LORD your God require of you, but
11to fear the LORD your God,
12to walk in all his ways,
13to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
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and
14to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I am commanding you today
15for your good?
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Behold,
16to the LORD your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens,
17the earth with all that is in it.
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Yet
18the LORD set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day.
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Circumcise therefore
19the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer
20stubborn.
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For the LORD your God is
21God of gods and
22Lord of lords,
23the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is
24not partial and takes no bribe.