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But to this very day he has not let you understand what you have experienced.

You did not have bread to eat or wine or beer to drink, but the Lord provided for your needs in order to teach you that he is your God.

And when we came to this place, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to fight against us. But we defeated them,

"There are some things that the Lord our God has kept secret; but he has revealed his Law, and we and our descendants are to obey it forever.

but you will have to obey him and keep all his laws that are written in this book of his teachings. You will have to turn to him with all your heart.

But if you disobey and refuse to listen, and are led away to worship other gods,

I will take them into this rich and fertile land, as I promised their ancestors. There they will have all the food they want, and they will live comfortably. But they will turn away and worship other gods. They will reject me and break my covenant,

and many terrible disasters will come on them. But this song will still be sung, and it will stand as evidence against them. Even now, before I take them into the land that I promised to give them, I know what they are thinking."

But you are unfaithful, unworthy to be his people, a sinful and deceitful nation.

but Jacob's descendants he chose for himself.

"The Lord 's people grew rich, but rebellious; they were fat and stuffed with food. They abandoned God their Creator and rejected their mighty savior.

But I could not let their enemies boast that they had defeated my people, when it was I myself who had crushed them.'

You will look at the land from a distance, but you will not enter the land that I am giving the people of Israel."

Then the Lord said to Moses, "This is the land that I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob I would give to their descendants. I have let you see it, but I will not let you go there."

The Lord buried him in a valley in Moab, opposite the town of Bethpeor, but to this day no one knows the exact place of his burial.

Your wives, your children, and your livestock will stay here, but your soldiers, armed for battle, will cross over ahead of the other Israelites in order to help them

"Some men did come to my house," she answered, "but I don't know where they were from. They left at sundown before the city gate was closed. I didn't find out where they were going, but if you start after them quickly, you can catch them." (Now Rahab had taken the two spies up on the roof and hidden them under some stalks of flax that she had put there.)

If anyone goes out of the house, his death will be his own fault, and we will not be responsible; but if anyone in the house with you is harmed, then we will be responsible.

The spies went into the hills and hid. The king's men looked for them all over the countryside for three days, but they did not find them, so they returned to Jericho.

You have never been here before, so they will show you the way to go. But do not get near the Covenant Box; stay about half a mile behind it."