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Chapter 8 |
| 1 | All the
commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may
live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto
your fathers. |
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2 | And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD
thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to
prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his
commandments, or no. |
| 3 | And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to
hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy
fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread
only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man
live. |
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Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot
swell, these forty years. |
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5 | Thou shalt also consider in thine
heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth
thee. |
| 6 |
Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy
God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. |
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7 | For the LORD thy God
bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and
depths that spring out of valleys and hills; |
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8 | A land of wheat, and
barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and
honey; |
| 9 |
A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou
shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose
hills thou mayest dig brass. |
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10 | When thou hast eaten and art full,
then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given
thee. |
| 11 |
Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping
his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee
this day: |
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| Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built
goodly houses, and dwelt therein; |
| 13 | And when thy herds and thy
flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou
hast is multiplied; |
| 14 | Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou
forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt,
from the house of bondage; |
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15 | Who led thee through that great and
terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought,
where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of
flint; |
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| Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy
fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to
do thee good at thy latter end; |
| 17 | And thou say in thine heart,
My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. |
| 18 | But
thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to
get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers,
as it is this day. |
| 19 | And it shall be, if thou do at all forget
the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them,
I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. |
| 20 | As the
nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because
ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God. |
