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And your little ones whom you said would be taken by strange hands, and your children who do not yet know the difference between good and bad, will go in there. I will give the land to them. It will be theirs.

Yet they are Your people, Your chosen nation, whom You have brought out by Your great power and Your long arm.'

For you have not yet come to the resting place and the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Yet there will be no poor among you for the Lord will be sure to bring good to you in the land the Lord your God is giving you for your own.

Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to know, or eyes to see, or ears to hear.

Now Joshua was old. He had lived many years. The Lord said to him, "You are old and have lived many years. And there is very much land yet to be taken.

Yet you have turned away from Me and served other gods. So I will not take you away again.

There was no king of Israel in those days. At that time the family of the Danites was looking for their own land to live in. For no land had been given to them yet among the families of Israel.

If one man sins against another, God will help make peace for him. But if a man sins against the Lord, who can make peace for him?" Yet they would not listen to what their father said, for it was the Lord's will to kill them.

The lamp of God had not gone out yet. And Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord where the special box of God was.

Now Samuel did not know the Lord yet. And the Word of the Lord had not been made known to him.

So they asked the Lord, "Has the man come here yet?" The Lord said, "See, he is hiding among the bags."

Then Samuel said to Jesse, "Are these all the children?" And Jesse said, "There is yet the youngest one. See, he is taking care of the sheep." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send for him. We will not sit down until he comes here."

Now, my father, see the piece of your clothing in my hand. I cut off the piece of your clothing but did not kill you. So know and understand that I have no desire to do wrong to you. I have not sinned against you, yet you come wanting to kill me.

Then he said to me, ‘I beg you, stand beside me and kill me. I am in pain, and yet I am still alive.'

Abner was very angry because of Ish-bosheth's words, and said, "Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the family of your father Saul, to his brothers and to his friends. I have not given you into David's hands. Yet today you say I am guilty because of this woman.

Yet this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord God. You have spoken of Your servant's family in the future. And this is the way of man, O Lord God.

The people were still giving their different gifts on altars, because no house had yet been built for the name of the Lord.

"You know that my father David was not able to build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the wars all around him. The Lord had not yet put those who hated him under his feet.

They feared the Lord also, and yet they chose from among themselves religious leaders of the high places. These leaders gave the gifts for them in the houses of the high places.