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He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children,
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so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.
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Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.
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They would not be like their ancestors— a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.