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For a long time Israel didn’t worship the true God. They didn’t have a priest who taught them. So they didn’t know God’s law. But when they were in trouble, they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel. When they did, they found him. In those days it wasn’t safe to travel around. The people who lived in all the areas of the land were having a lot of trouble.

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For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach(A) and without the law.(B) But in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him,(C) and he was found by them. In those days it was not safe to travel about,(D) for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil.

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