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For forty years I led you through the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.

Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever.

in the south also remains to be conquered. In the north, the following area has not yet been conquered: all the land of the Canaanites, including Mearah (which belongs to the Sidonians), stretching northward to Aphek on the border of the Amorites;

But there remained seven tribes who had not yet been allotted their grants of land.

And yet today you are turning away from following the Lord . If you rebel against the Lord today, he will be angry with all of us tomorrow.

I have allotted to you as your homeland all the land of the nations yet unconquered, as well as the land of those we have already conquered—from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

"For the Lord has driven out great and powerful nations for you, and no one has yet been able to defeat you.

Yet Israel did not listen to the judges but prostituted themselves by worshiping other gods. How quickly they turned away from the path of their ancestors, who had walked in obedience to the Lord 's commands.

When Israel chose new gods, war erupted at the city gates. Yet not a shield or spear could be seen among forty thousand warriors in Israel!

Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods. So I will not rescue you anymore.

Samson replied, "If I were tied up with seven new bowstrings that have not yet been dried, I would become as weak as anyone else."

Now in those days Israel had no king. And the tribe of Dan was trying to find a place where they could settle, for they had not yet moved into the land assigned to them when the land was divided among the tribes of Israel.

The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Tabernacle near the Ark of God.

Samuel did not yet know the Lord because he had never had a message from the Lord before.

Yet no matter where I have gone with the Israelites, I have never once complained to Israel's tribal leaders, the shepherds of my people Israel. I have never asked them, "Why haven't you built me a beautiful cedar house?"'

Then Joab went to the king's room and said to him, "We saved your life today and the lives of your sons, your daughters, and your wives and concubines. Yet you act like this, making us feel ashamed of ourselves.

At that time the people of Israel sacrificed their offerings at local places of worship, for a temple honoring the name of the Lord had not yet been built.

The Lord had clearly instructed the people of Israel, "You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods." Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway.

But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you away to who knows where. When Ahab comes and cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I have been a true servant of the Lord all my life.

Yet I will preserve 7,000 others in Israel who have never bowed down to Baal or kissed him!"