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My people, what have I done to you?
    how have I wearied you? Answer me!(A)
I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
    from the place of slavery I ransomed you;
And I sent before you Moses,
    Aaron, and Miriam.(B)
[a]My people, remember what Moab’s King Balak planned,
    and how Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him.
Recall the passage from Shittim to Gilgal,
    that you may know the just deeds of the Lord.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:5 The Lord calls for the people to remember the saving events of the past, from the encounters with Balak and Balaam (Nm 22:23) during the wandering in the wilderness to the entrance into the promised land (“from Shittim to Gilgal,” Jos 3–5).

“My people, what have I done to you?
    How have I burdened(A) you?(B) Answer me.
I brought you up out of Egypt(C)
    and redeemed you from the land of slavery.(D)
I sent Moses(E) to lead you,
    also Aaron(F) and Miriam.(G)
My people, remember
    what Balak(H) king of Moab plotted
    and what Balaam son of Beor answered.
Remember your journey from Shittim(I) to Gilgal,(J)
    that you may know the righteous acts(K) of the Lord.”

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