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Deuteronomy 9:4-6
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4 “You shall not say to yourself[a] when Yahweh your God is driving them out[b] before you,[c] saying,[d] ‘Because of my righteousness Yahweh brought me to take possession of this land’; but because of the wickedness of these nations Yahweh is driving them out before you.[e] 5 It is not because of your righteousness and because of the uprightness of your heart that you are coming to take possession of their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God is driving them before you,[f] and in order to confirm the promise[g] that Yahweh swore to your ancestors,[h] to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

6 “So you should understand that it is not because of your righteousness that Yahweh your God is giving you this good land to take possession of it, because you are a stubborn people. [i]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 9:4 Literally “in your heart”
  2. Deuteronomy 9:4 Literally “at the driving out of Yahweh, your God, them”
  3. Deuteronomy 9:4 Literally “from before your faces”
  4. Deuteronomy 9:4 Literally “to say”
  5. Deuteronomy 9:4 Literally “from your faces”
  6. Deuteronomy 9:5 Literally “from your faces”
  7. Deuteronomy 9:5 Literally “word”
  8. Deuteronomy 9:5 Or “fathers”
  9. Deuteronomy 9:6 Literally “a people stiff of neck you”
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Deuteronomy 9:4-6
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4 After the Lord your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself,(A) “The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.” No, it is on account of the wickedness(B) of these nations(C) that the Lord is going to drive them out before you. 5 It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity(D) that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness(E) of these nations,(F) the Lord your God will drive them out(G) before you, to accomplish what he swore(H) to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.(I) 6 Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.(J)

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