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He did not restrain his anger or spare their lives, but killed them with a plague.
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He killed the first-born sons
1 of all the families of Egypt.
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Then he led his people out like a shepherd
2 and guided them through the desert.
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He led them safely, and they were not afraid;
3 but the sea came rolling over their enemies.
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He brought them to his holy land,
4 to the mountains which he himself conquered.
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He drove out the inhabitants as his people advanced;
5 he divided their land among the tribes of Israel and gave their homes to his people.
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But they rebelled against Almighty God
6 and put him to the test. They did not obey his commandments,
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but were rebellious and disloyal like their ancestors, unreliable as a crooked arrow.
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They angered him with their heathen places of worship, and with their idols they made him furious.
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God was angry when he saw it, so he rejected his people completely.
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He abandoned his tent in Shiloh,
7 the home where he had lived among us.