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And received the law of life, which they kept not, which ye also have transgressed after them.
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Then was the land, even the land of Sion, parted among you by lot: but your fathers, and ye yourselves, have done unrighteousness, and have not kept the ways which the Highest commanded you.
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And forasmuch as he is a righteous judge, he took from you in time the thing that he had given you.
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And now are ye here, and your brethren among you.
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Therefore if so be that ye will subdue your own understanding, and reform your hearts, ye shall be kept alive and after death ye shall obtain mercy.