1Hear[H8085], O Israel[H3478]: Thou art to pass over[H5674]Jordan[H3383] this day[H3117], to go in[H935] to possess[H3423]nations[H1471]greater[H1419] and mightier[H6099] than thyself, cities[H5892]great[H1419] and fenced up[H1219] to heaven[H8064],
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A people[H5971]great[H1419] and tall[H7311], the children[H1121] of the Anakims[H6062], whom thou knowest[H3045], and of whom thou hast heard[H8085] say, Who can stand[H3320]before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Anak[H6061]!
3Understand[H3045] therefore this day[H3117], that the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] is he which goeth over[H5674]before[H6440] thee; as a consuming[H398]fire[H784] he shall destroy[H8045] them, and he shall bring them down[H3665]before[H6440] thy face[H6440]: so shalt thou drive them out[H3423], and destroy[H6] them quickly[H4118], as the LORD[H3068] hath said[H1696] unto thee.
4Speak[H559] not thou in[H935] thine heart[H3824], after that the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath cast them out[H1920] from before[H6440] thee, saying[H559], For my righteousness[H6666] the LORD[H3068] hath brought me in[H935] to possess[H3423] this land[H776]: but for the wickedness[H7564] of these nations[H1471] the LORD[H3068] doth drive them out[H3423] from before[H6440] thee.
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Not for thy righteousness[H6666], or for the uprightness[H3476] of thine heart[H3824], dost thou go[H935] to possess[H3423] their land[H776]: but for the wickedness[H7564] of these nations[H1471] the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] doth drive them out[H3423] from before[H6440] thee, and that he may perform[H6965] the word[H1697] which the LORD[H3068]sware[H7650] unto thy fathers[H1], Abraham[H85], Isaac[H3327], and Jacob[H3290].
6Understand[H3045] therefore, that the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]giveth[H5414] thee not this good[H2896]land[H776] to possess[H3423] it for thy righteousness[H6666]; for thou art a stiffnecked[H6203]people[H5971].
7Remember[H2142], and forget[H7911] not, how thou provokedst the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] to wrath[H7107] in the wilderness[H4057]: from[H4480] the day[H3117] that thou didst depart out[H3318] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], until ye came[H935] unto this place[H4725], ye have been rebellious[H4784]against[H5973] the LORD[H3068].
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Also in Horeb[H2722] ye provoked[H7107] the LORD[H3068] to wrath[H7107], so that the LORD[H3068] was angry[H599] with you to have destroyed[H8045] you.
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When I was gone up[H5927] into the mount[H2022] to receive[H3947] the tables[H3871] of stone[H68], even the tables[H3871] of the covenant[H1285] which the LORD[H3068]made[H3772] with you, then I abode[H3427] in the mount[H2022]forty[H705]days[H3117] and forty[H705]nights[H3915], I neither did eat[H398]bread[H3899] nor drink[H8354]water[H4325]:
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And the LORD[H3068]delivered[H5414] unto me two[H8147]tables[H3871] of stone[H68]written[H3789] with the finger[H676] of God[H430]; and on them was written[H3789] according to all the words[H1697], which the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] with you in the mount[H2022] out of the midst[H8432] of the fire[H784] in the day[H3117] of the assembly[H6951].
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And it came to pass at the end[H7093] of forty[H705]days[H3117] and forty[H705]nights[H3915], that the LORD[H3068]gave[H5414] me the two[H8147]tables[H3871] of stone[H68], even the tables[H3871] of the covenant[H1285].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto me, Arise[H6965], get thee down[H3381]quickly[H4118] from hence; for thy people[H5971] which thou hast brought forth[H3318] out of Egypt[H4714] have corrupted[H7843] themselves; they are quickly[H4118] turned aside[H5493] out of the way[H1870] which I commanded[H6680] them; they have made[H6213] them a molten image[H4541].
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Furthermore the LORD[H3068]spake[H559] unto me, saying[H559], I have seen[H7200] this people[H5971], and, behold, it is a stiffnecked[H6203]people[H5971]:
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Let me alone[H7503], that I may destroy[H8045] them, and blot out[H4229] their name[H8034] from under heaven[H8064]: and I will make[H6213]of[H854] thee a nation[H1471]mightier[H6099] and greater[H7227] than they.
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So I turned[H6437] and came down[H3381] from the mount[H2022], and the mount[H2022]burned[H1197] with fire[H784]: and the two[H8147]tables[H3871] of the covenant[H1285] were in my two[H8147]hands[H3027].
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And I looked[H7200], and, behold, ye had sinned[H2398] against the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], and had made[H6213] you a molten[H4541]calf[H5695]: ye had turned aside[H5493]quickly[H4118] out of the way[H1870] which the LORD[H3068] had commanded[H6680] you.
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And I took[H8610] the two[H8147]tables[H3871], and cast[H7993] them out of[H5921] my two[H8147]hands[H3027], and brake[H7665] them before your eyes[H5869].
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And I fell down[H5307]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], as at the first[H7223], forty[H705]days[H3117] and forty[H705]nights[H3915]: I did neither eat[H398]bread[H3899], nor drink[H8354]water[H4325], because of all your sins[H2403] which ye sinned[H2398], in doing[H6213]wickedly[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], to provoke him to anger[H3707].
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For I was afraid[H3025]of[H6440] the anger[H639] and hot displeasure[H2534], wherewith the LORD[H3068] was wroth[H7107] against you to destroy[H8045] you. But the LORD[H3068]hearkened[H8085] unto me at that time[H6471] also.
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And the LORD[H3068] was very[H3966]angry[H599] with Aaron[H175] to have destroyed[H8045] him: and I prayed[H6419] for Aaron[H175] also the same time[H6256].
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And I took[H3947] your sin[H2403], the calf[H5695] which ye had made[H6213], and burnt[H8313] it with fire[H784], and stamped[H3807] it, and ground[H2912] it very small[H3190], even until it was as small[H1854] as dust[H6083]: and I cast[H7993] the dust[H6083] thereof into the brook[H5158] that descended out[H3381] of the mount[H2022].
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And at Taberah[H8404], and at Massah[H4532], and at Kibrothhattaavah[H6914], ye provoked the LORD[H3068] to wrath[H7107].
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Likewise when the LORD[H3068]sent[H7971] you from Kadeshbarnea[H6947], saying[H559], Go up[H5927] and possess[H3423] the land[H776] which I have given[H5414] you; then ye rebelled[H4784] against the commandment[H6310] of the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], and ye believed[H539] him not, nor hearkened[H8085] to his voice[H6963].
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Ye have been rebellious[H4784] against the LORD[H3068] from the day[H3117] that I knew[H3045] you.
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Thus I fell down[H5307]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]forty[H705]days[H3117] and forty[H705]nights[H3915], as I fell down[H5307] at the first; because the LORD[H3068] had said[H559] he would destroy[H8045] you.
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I prayed[H6419] therefore unto the LORD[H3068], and said[H559], O Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], destroy[H7843] not thy people[H5971] and thine inheritance[H5159], which thou hast redeemed[H6299] through thy greatness[H1433], which thou hast brought forth[H3318] out of Egypt[H4714] with a mighty[H2389]hand[H3027].
27Remember[H2142] thy servants[H5650], Abraham[H85], Isaac[H3327], and Jacob[H3290]; look[H6437] not unto the stubbornness[H7190] of this people[H5971], nor to their wickedness[H7562], nor to their sin[H2403]:
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Lest the land[H776] whence thou broughtest us out[H3318]say[H559], Because the LORD[H3068] was not able[H3201] to bring[H935] them into the land[H776] which he promised[H1696] them, and because he hated[H8135] them, he hath brought them out[H3318] to slay[H4191] them in the wilderness[H4057].
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Yet they are thy people[H5971] and thine inheritance[H5159], which thou broughtest out[H3318] by thy mighty[H1419]power[H3581] and by thy stretched out[H5186]arm[H2220].