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They withstood their enemies and fought off their foes.
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When they were thirsty, they called upon you, and water was given them out of flinty rock, and from hard stone a remedy for their thirst.
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For through the very things by which their enemies were punished, they themselves received benefit in their need.
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Instead of the fountain of an ever-flowing river, stirred up and defiled with blood
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in rebuke for the decree to kill the infants, you gave them abundant water unexpectedly,
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