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14 Now you’ve taken the place of your ancestors, a group of sinful men, to intensify the Lord’s anger against Israel. 15 If you turn away from him, he will turn away again to abandon Israel in the desert. Then you will destroy this entire people.”

Conditions for possession of the land

16 So they approached him and said, “We will build walled enclosures here for our livestock and towns for our children.

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14 “And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the Lord even more angry with Israel.(A) 15 If you turn away from following him, he will again leave all this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.(B)

16 Then they came up to him and said, “We would like to build pens(C) here for our livestock(D) and cities for our women and children.

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