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Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Ogking of Bashan.
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Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
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So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedstbefore them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
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And they tookstrongcities, and a fatland, and possessedhousesfull of all goods,wellsdigged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruittrees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy greatgoodness.
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Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy lawbehind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wroughtgreatprovocations.
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Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifoldmercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
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But after they had rest, they didevilagainbefore thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and manytimes didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
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And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a mando, he shall live in them;) and withdrew* the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
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Yet manyyears didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spiritin thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.