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Massah is a bittersweet memory for the Israelites. The people have complained and grumbled against the Eternal and actually prefer Egyptian bondage or even death to following God in the desert, but the Lord shows up and brings water out of rocks!

Moses: 17 Carefully obey the commands, rules, and precedents the Eternal, your True God, has given you. 18 Do the things He considers right and good. Then everything will go well for you, and you’ll go and live in the good land He promised to your ancestors. 19 The Eternal will drive out all of your enemies, just as He said He would.

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17 Be sure to keep(A) the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you.(B) 18 Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight,(C) so that it may go well(D) with you and you may go in and take over the good land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors, 19 thrusting out all your enemies(E) before you, as the Lord said.

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