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They will pray to me, but I will ignore them because they were evil and started worshiping other gods.

I am bringing them into the land that I promised their ancestors. It is a land rich with milk and honey, and the Israelites will have more than enough food to eat. But they will get fat and turn their backs on me and start worshiping other gods. The Israelites will reject me and break the agreement that I made with them.

When I punish the Israelites and their descendants with suffering and disasters, I will remind them that they know the words to this song, so they have no excuse for not obeying me. I will give them the land that I promised, but I know the way they are going to live later on.

But you lie and cheat and are unfaithful to him. You have disgraced yourselves and are no longer worthy to be his children.

Israel, the Lord is your Father, the one who created you, but you repaid him by being foolish.

but the Lord himself takes care of Israel.

You were the Lord 's children, but you made him angry. Then he rejected you

But I dreaded the sound of your enemies saying, ‘We defeated Israel with no help from the Lord .'"

People of Israel, that's what the Lord has said to you. But you don't have good sense, and you never listen to advice.

But the Lord has written a list of their sins and locked it in his vault.

But first the Lord will say, "You ran for safety to other gods— couldn't they help you?

Don't you understand? I am the only God; there are no others. I am the one who takes life and gives it again. I punished you with suffering. But now I will heal you, and nothing can stop me!

Both of you were unfaithful to me at Meribah Spring near Kadesh in the Zin Desert. I am God, but there in front of the Israelites, you did not treat me with the honor and respect I deserve.

So I will give the land to the people of Israel, but you will only get to see it from a distance.

Your leaders met together and chose the best land for your tribe, but you obeyed the Lord and helped the other tribes.

The Lord said, "Moses, this is the land I was talking about when I solemnly promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that I would give land to their descendants. I have let you see it, but you will not cross the Jordan and go in."

The Lord buried him in a valley near the town of Beth-Peor, but even today no one knows exactly where.

The Lord 's servant Moses said that the Lord our God has given you land here on the east side of the Jordan River, where you could live in peace. Your wives and children and your animals can stay here in the land Moses gave you. But all of you that can serve in our army must pick up your weapons and lead the men of the other tribes across the Jordan River. They are your relatives, so you must help them

But someone found out about them and told the king of Jericho, "Some Israelite men came here tonight, and they are spies."

So the king sent soldiers to Rahab's house to arrest the spies. Meanwhile, Rahab had taken the men up to the flat roof of her house and had hidden them under some piles of flax plants that she had put there to dry. The soldiers came to her door and demanded, "Let us have the men who are staying at your house. They are spies." She answered, "Some men did come to my house, but I didn't know where they had come from. They left about sunset, just before it was time to close the town gate. I don't know where they were going, but if you hurry, maybe you can catch them." The guards at the town gate let the soldiers leave Jericho, but they closed the gate again as soon as the soldiers went through. Then the soldiers headed toward the Jordan River to look for the spies at the place where people cross the river.