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But as for you, turn around and go into the desert by way of the Red Sea.'

So I spoke to you but you would not listen. You went against what the Lord told you. In your pride you went up into the hill country.

And you returned and cried before the Lord but the Lord did not listen to you.

They are known as Rephaim also, like the Anakim. But the Moabites call them Emim.

The Horites once lived in Seir also. But the sons of Esau took their place. They destroyed them and took the land for themselves, as Israel did to the land which the Lord gave them for their own.)

But when you come near the land of the sons of Ammon, do not bring them trouble or make them angry. For I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon for your own. Because I have given it to the sons of Lot for their own.'

(It is known as the land of the Rephaim also. For Rephaim once lived in it. But the Amorites call them Zamzummin,

a people as great, as many and as tall as the Anakim. But the Lord destroyed them, and the sons of Ammon took their place and lived in their land.

But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing to let us pass through his land. For the Lord your God made his spirit and heart hard, so He might give him into your hand, as he is today.

But the Lord said to me, ‘Do not be afraid of him. For I have given him and all his people and his land to you. Do to him just as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon.'

But we took for ourselves all the animals and what was left in the cities.

But your wives, your little ones and your animals (I know you have many animals) will stay in your cities that I have given you.

But the Lord was angry with me because of you. He would not listen to me. The Lord told me, ‘Enough! Speak to Me no more about this.

But tell Joshua what is to be done. Comfort him and give him strength. For he will cross in front of this people. And he will give them for their own the land that you will see.'

But you who stayed faithful to the Lord your God are all alive today.

"Only be careful. Keep watch over your life. Or you might forget the things you have seen. Do not let them leave your heart for the rest of your life. But teach them to your children and to your grandchildren.

Then the Lord spoke to you from the center of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no body. There was only a voice.

But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron stove, out of Egypt, to be His own people, as you are this day.

For I must die in this land. I will not cross the Jordan. But you will cross and take that good land for your own.

I call heaven and earth to speak against you this day. You will soon be destroyed from the land you are crossing the Jordan to have for your own. You will not live long on it, but will all be destroyed.