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Then the LORDspoke to Moses, "Depart, go up from here, you and the peoplewhom you have brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'To your descendants I will give it.'
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"Go up to a landflowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, because you are an obstinate*people, and I mightdestroy you on the way."
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For the LORD had said to Moses, "Say to the sons of Israel, 'You are an obstinate*people; should I go up in your midst for onemoment, I would destroy you. Now therefore, putoff your ornaments from you, that I may knowwhat I shall do with you.' "