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He remembered his sacred promise to Abraham his servant.

So he led his chosen people out, and they sang and shouted for joy.

so that his people would obey his laws and keep all his commands. Praise the Lord !

Praise the Lord ! Give thanks to the Lord , because he is good; his love is eternal.

Happy are those who obey his commands, who always do what is right.

Our ancestors in Egypt did not understand God's wonderful acts; they forgot the many times he showed them his love, and they rebelled against the Almighty at the Red Sea.

But he saved them, as he had promised, in order to show his great power.

He gave a command to the Red Sea, and it dried up; he led his people across on dry land.

Then his people believed his promises and sang praises to him.

But they quickly forgot what he had done and acted without waiting for his advice.

Then the earth opened up and swallowed Dathan and buried Abiram and his family;

They forgot the God who had saved them by his mighty acts in Egypt.

When God said that he would destroy his people, his chosen servant, Moses, stood up against God and kept his anger from destroying them.

This has been remembered in his favor ever since and will be for all time to come.

So the Lord was angry with his people; he was disgusted with them.

Many times the Lord rescued his people, but they chose to rebel against him and sank deeper into sin.

For their sake he remembered his covenant, and because of his great love he relented.

"Give thanks to the Lord , because he is good; his love is eternal!"

They must thank the Lord for his constant love, for the wonderful things he did for them.

because they had rebelled against the commands of Almighty God and had rejected his instructions.