Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
18 Do what the Lord says is right and good, and all will go well with you. You will be able to take possession of the fertile land that the Lord promised your ancestors,
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Do what is right and good in the LORD’s sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land the LORD promised on oath to your ancestors,
19 and you will drive out your enemies, as he promised.
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thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the LORD said.
20 "In times to come your children will ask you, "Why did the Lord our God command us to obey all these laws?'
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In the future, when your son asks you, “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the LORD our God has commanded you?”
21 Then tell them, "We were slaves of the king of Egypt, and the Lord rescued us by his great power.
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tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
22 With our own eyes we saw him work miracles and do terrifying things to the Egyptians and to their king and to all his officials.
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Before our eyes the LORD sent signs and wonders—great and terrible—on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household.
23 He freed us from Egypt to bring us here and give us this land, as he had promised our ancestors he would.
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But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors.
24 Then the Lord our God commanded us to obey all these laws and to honor him. If we do, he will always watch over our nation and keep it prosperous.
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The LORD commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today.
25 If we faithfully obey everything that God has commanded us, he will be pleased with us.'
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And if we are careful to obey all this law before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.”
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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