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Deuteronomy 9:1-6

1Hearשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085,OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478: thou arttopassעֹבֵ֤ר'o.VerH5674overtheJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383thisdayהַיּוֹם֙hai.yOmH3117,togoלָבֹא֙la.Vo'H935intodispossessלָרֶ֣שֶׁתla.Re.shetH3423nationsגּוֹיִ֔םgo.YimH1471greaterH1419andmightierוַעֲצֻמִ֖יםva.'a.tzu.MimH6099thanthyself,citiesעָרִ֛ים'a.RimH5892greatH1419andfortifiedH1219uptoheavenבַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ba.sha.Ma.yimH8064,

2apeopleעַֽם־'am-H5971greatגָּד֥וֹלga.DolH1419andtall,thesonsH1121oftheAnakim,whomthou knowest,andofwhomthou hastheardH8085say,Whocanstandיִתְיַצֵּ֔בyit.ya.TzevH3320beforethesonsH1121ofAnakעֲנָֽק׃'a.NakH6061?

3Knowוְיָדַעְתָּ֣ve.ya.da'.TaH3045thereforethisdayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117,thatJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430ishewhogoethoverbeforetheeasadevouringH398fireאֵ֣שׁ'eshH784;hewilldestroyיַשְׁמִידֵ֛םyash.mi.DemH8045them,andhewillbringthemdownbeforethee:soshalt thoudrivethemout,andmakeH3045themtoperishH6quicklyמַהֵ֔רma.HerH4118,asJehovahhathspokenH1696unto thee.

4Speaknotthouinthyheartבִּלְבָבְךָ֗bil.va.ve.KhaH3824,afterthatJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430haththrustthemoutfrombeforethee,sayingH559,Formyrighteousnessבְּצִדְקָתִי֙be.tzid.ka.TiH6666JehovahhathbroughtH935meintopossessH3423thislandהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776; whereasforthewickednessוּבְרִשְׁעַת֙u.ve.rish.'AtH7564ofthesenationsהַגּוֹיִ֣םha.go.YimH1471Jehovahdothdrivethemoutfrombeforethee.

5Notforthyrighteousnessבְצִדְקָתְךָ֗ve.tzid.ka.te.ChaH6666,orfortheuprightnessוּבְיֹ֙שֶׁר֙u.ve.Yo.sherH3476ofthyheartלְבָ֣בְךָ֔le.Va.ve.khaH3824, dost thougoבָ֖אva'H935intopossessH3423theirlandאַרְצָ֑ם'ar.TzamH776;butforthewickednessבְּרִשְׁעַ֣ת׀be.rish.'AtH7564ofthesenationsהַגּוֹיִ֣םha.go.YimH1471JehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430dothdrivethemoutfrombeforethee,andthathemayestablishH6965thewordהַדָּבָ֗רha.da.VarH1697whichJehovahsware unto thyfathersH1,toAbrahamלְאַבְרָהָ֥םle.'av.ra.HamH85,toIsaacלְיִצְחָ֖קle.yitz.ChakH3327,andtoJacobוּֽלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃u.le.ya.'a.koH3290.

6Knowוְיָדַעְתָּ֗ve.ya.da'.TaH3045therefore,thatJehovahthyGodאֱ֠לֹהֶיךָ'E.lo.hei.khaH430giveth theenotthisgoodהַטּוֹבָ֛הha.to.VahH2896landהָאָ֧רֶץha.'A.retzH776topossessH3423itforthyrighteousnessבְצִדְקָֽתְךָ֙ve.tzid.ka.te.ChaH6666;forthou artastiffneckedpeopleעַם־'am-H5971.

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