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and he said to the sons of Israel, "Thussays the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I broughtIsrael up from Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.'
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"But you have todayrejected your God, whodelivers you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have said, 'No, but set a kingover us!' Now therefore, present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans."