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9 But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations they lived among and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites by bringing them out of Egypt.
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9 But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations they lived among and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites by bringing them out of Egypt.
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10 Therefore I led them out of Egypt and brought them into the desert.
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10 Therefore I led them out of Egypt and brought them into the desert.
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11 I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, for the man who obeys them will live by them.
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11 I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, for the man who obeys them will live by them.
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12 Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the LORD made them holy.
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12 Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the LORD made them holy.
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13 " 'Yet the people of Israel rebelled against me in the desert. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws--although the man who obeys them will live by them--and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and destroy them in the desert.
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13 " 'Yet the people of Israel rebelled against me in the desert. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws--although the man who obeys them will live by them--and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and destroy them in the desert.
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14 But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
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14 But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
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15 Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the desert that I would not bring them into the land I had given them--a land flowing with milk and honey, most beautiful of all lands--
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15 Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the desert that I would not bring them into the land I had given them--a land flowing with milk and honey, most beautiful of all lands--
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16 because they rejected my laws and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths. For their hearts were devoted to their idols.
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16 because they rejected my laws and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths. For their hearts were devoted to their idols.
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17 Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or put an end to them in the desert.
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17 Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or put an end to them in the desert.
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18 I said to their children in the desert, "Do not follow the statutes of your fathers or keep their laws or defile yourselves with their idols.
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18 I said to their children in the desert, "Do not follow the statutes of your fathers or keep their laws or defile yourselves with their idols.
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19 I am the LORD your God; follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
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19 I am the LORD your God; follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
