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They received the Law of life, but they didn't keep it, and you also transgressed after them.
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You were given land by allotment in the region of Zion. You and your fathers did evil and didn't keep the ways that the Most High had commanded you.
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Since he is a just judge, in time he took away from you what he granted.
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Now you are here, and your relatives live even farther away.
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If then you will rule your mind and instruct your heart, you will be kept alive, and after death you will attain mercy.