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Thence they departed to Gadgad; and from Gadgad to Etebatha, a land torrents of water.
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At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand near before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name to this day.
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Therefore the Levites have no part nor inheritance among their brethren; the Lord himself their inheritance, as he said to them.
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And I remained in the mount forty days and forty nights: and the Lord heard me at that time also, and the Lord would not destroy you.
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And the Lord said to me, Go, set out before this people, and let them go in and inherit the land, which I sware to their fathers to give to them.
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And now, Israel, what does the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, and to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;
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to keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and his ordinances, all that I charge thee to-day, that it may be well with thee?
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Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord thy God, the earth and all things that are in it.
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Only the Lord chose your fathers to love them, and he chose out their seed after them, you, beyond all nations, as at this day.
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Therefore ye shall circumcise the hardness of your heart, and ye shall not harden your neck.
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For the Lord your God, he God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great, and strong, and terrible God, who does not accept persons, nor will he by any means accept a bribe: