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Do not be tempted to worship and serve what you see in the sky—the sun, the moon, and the stars. The Lord your God has given these to all other peoples for them to worship.

There you will serve gods made by human hands, gods of wood and stone, gods that cannot see or hear, eat or smell.

He let you hear his voice from heaven so that he could instruct you; and here on earth he let you see his holy fire, and he spoke to you from it.

But now you will see for yourselves that the Lord your God will go ahead of you like a raging fire. He will defeat them as you advance, so that you will drive them out and destroy them quickly, as he promised.

do not pay any attention to them. The Lord your God is using them to test you, to see if you love the Lord with all your heart.

"On the day that you were gathered at Mount Sinai, you begged not to hear the Lord speak again or to see his fiery presence any more, because you were afraid you would die.

"When you go out to fight against your enemies and you see chariots and horses and an army that outnumbers yours, do not be afraid of them. The Lord your God, who rescued you from Egypt, will be with you.

you may see among them a beautiful woman that you like and want to marry.

"If you see an Israelite's cow or sheep running loose, do not ignore it; take it back.

Then all the peoples on earth will see that the Lord has chosen you to be his own people, and they will be afraid of you.

"The Lord will give your enemies victory over you. You will attack them from one direction, but you will run from them in all directions, and all the people on earth will be terrified when they see what happens to you.

Your hearts will pound with fear at everything you see. Every morning you will wish for evening; every evening you will wish for morning.

"In future generations your descendants and foreigners from distant lands will see the disasters and sufferings that the Lord has brought on your land.

‘I will no longer help them,' he said; ‘then I will see what happens to them, those stubborn, unfaithful people.

They fail to see why they were defeated; they cannot understand what happened.

that I will sharpen my flashing sword and see that justice is done. I will take revenge on my enemies and punish those who hate me.

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."

and told the people, "When you see the priests carrying the Covenant Box of the Lord your God, break camp and follow them.

When the people of Israel left Egypt, all the males were already circumcised. However, during the forty years the people spent crossing the desert, none of the baby boys had been circumcised. Also, by the end of that time all the men who were of fighting age when they left Egypt had died because they had disobeyed the Lord . Just as he had sworn, they were not allowed to see the rich and fertile land that he had promised their ancestors.

Then the Lord 's angel came to the village of Ophrah and sat under the oak tree that belonged to Joash, a man of the clan of Abiezer. His son Gideon was threshing some wheat secretly in a wine press, so that the Midianites would not see him.