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Then you came back and wept before the Lord , but he paid no attention to you whatsoever.

Previously the Horites lived in Seir but the descendants of Esau dispossessed and destroyed them and settled in their place, just as Israel did to the land it came to possess, the land the Lord gave them.)

But when you come close to the Ammonites, do not harass or provoke them because I am not giving you any of the Ammonites' land as your possession; I have already given it to Lot's descendants as their possession."

They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. But the Lord destroyed the Rephaites in advance of the Ammonites, so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place.

But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the Lord our God had made him obstinate and stubborn so that he might deliver him over to you this very day.

Next we set out on the route to Bashan, but King Og of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.

But all the livestock and plunder from the cities we kept for ourselves.

But your wives, children, and livestock (of which I know you have many) may remain in the cities I have given you.

But the Lord was angry at me because of you and would not listen to me. Instead, he said to me, "Enough of that! Do not speak to me anymore about this matter.

But you who remained faithful to the Lord your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you.

Then the Lord spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard speech but you could not see anything—only a voice was heard.

But the Lord became angry with me because of you and vowed that I would never cross the Jordan nor enter the good land that he is about to give you.

So I must die here in this land; I will not cross the Jordan. But you are going over and will possess that good land.

But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.

He did not make this covenant with our ancestors but with us, we who are here today, all of us living now.

but I show covenant faithfulness to the thousands who choose me and keep my commandments.

but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.

But now, why should we die, because this intense fire will consume us! If we keep hearing the voice of the Lord our God we will die!

But as for you, remain here with me so I can declare to you all the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that you are to teach them, so that they can carry them out in the land I am about to give them."

you must say to them, "We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way.