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"Because * He
loved your
fathers, therefore He
chose their
descendants after them. And He
personally brought you from
Egypt by His
great power,
w{[.r;z.B r;x.biY;w '$y,t{b]a -t,a b;h'a yiK t;x;t.w ? ~Iy'r.ciMim l{d'G;h w{x{k.B wy'n'p.B '$]aicw{Y;w wy'r]x;a
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driving out from
before you
nations greater and
mightier than you, to
bring you in and to
give you their
land for an
inheritance, as it is
today.
'$y,n'Pim '$.Mim ~yimUc][;w ~yil{d.G ~Iyw{G vyirw{h.l ? ~w{Y;K h'l]x;n ~'c.r;a -t,a '$.l -t,t'l '$]ayib]h;l ? h,Z;h
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"Know therefore
today, and
take it to your
heart, that the
LORD, He is
God in
heaven above * and on the
earth below *;
there is
no other.
h'wh.y yiK '$,b'b.l -l,a 't{bev]h;w ~w{Y;h 'T.[;d'y.w ? #,r'a'h -l;[.w l;[;Mim ~Iy;m'V;B ~yih{l/a'h a.Wh ? dw{[ !yea t;x'Tim
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"So you shall
keep His
statutes and His
commandments which I am
giving you
today, that it may
go well with you and with your
children after you, and that you may
live long * on the
land which the
LORD your
God is
giving you for
all time."
r,v]a wy't{w.cim -t,a.w wy'QUx -t,a 'T.r;m'v.w ? '$y,n'b.l.W '$.l b;jyIy r,v]a ~w{Y;h '$..W;c.m yik{n'a ? h'm'd]a'h -l;[ ~yim'y .$yir]a;T !;[;m.l.W '$y,r]x;a ? ~yim'Y;h -l'K '$.l !et{n '$y,h{l/a h'wh.y r,v]a
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Then Moses set apart three cities across the
Jordan to the
east *,
!eD.r;Y;h r,be[.B ~yir'[ v{l'v h,v{m lyiD.b;y z'a ? v,m'v h'x.r.zim
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that a
manslayer might
flee there,
who unintentionally * slew his
neighbor without having
enmity toward him in
time past; and by
fleeing to
one of
these cities he might
live:
.Whe[er -t,a x;c.rIy r,v]a ;xecw{r h'M'v sUn'l ? lw{m.Tim w{l aen{f -a{l a.Wh.w t;[;d -yil.biB ? lea'h ~yir'[,h -nim t;x;a -l,a s'n.w ~w{v.liv ? y'x'w
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Bezer in the
wilderness on the
plateau * for the
Reubenites, and
Ramoth in
Gilead for the
Gadites, and
Golan in
Bashan for the
Manassites.
]yineb.WaUr'l r{vyiM;h #,r,a.B r'B.diM;B r,c,B -t,a ? !'lw{G -t,a.w yid'G;l d'[.liG;B t{ma'r -t,a.w ? yiV;n.m;l !'v'B;B
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Now
this is the
law which Moses set before the
sons of
Israel;
yen.B yen.pil h,v{m ~'f -r,v]a h'rw{T;h ta{z.w ? lea'r.fIy
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these are the
testimonies and the
statutes and the
ordinances which Moses spoke to the
sons of
Israel, when they
came out from
Egypt,
r,BiD r,v]a ~yij'P.viM;h.w ~yiQUx;h.w t{de['h h,Lea ? ~Iy'r.ciMim ~'taec.B lea'r.fIy yen.B -l,a h,v{m
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across the
Jordan, in the
valley opposite Beth-peor, in the
land of
Sihon king of the
Amorites who lived at
Heshbon,
whom Moses and the
sons of
Israel defeated when they
came out from
Egypt.
#,r,a.B rw{[.P tyeB l.Wm a.y;G;B !eD.r;Y;h r,be[.B ? !w{B.v,x.B bevw{y r,v]a yir{m/a'h .$,l,m !{xyis ? ~Iy'r.ciMim ~'taec.B lea'r.fIy yen.b.W h,v{m h'Kih r,v]a
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They
took possession of his
land and the
land of
Og king of
Bashan, the
two kings of the
Amorites, who were
across the
Jordan to the
east *,
!'v'B;h -.k,l,m gw{[ #,r,a -t,a.w w{c.r;a -t,a .Wv.ryiY;w ? x;r.zim !eD.r;Y;h r,be[.B r,v]a yir{m/a'h yek.l;m yen.v ? v,m'v