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21 You ·took care of [sustained; provided for] them for forty years in the ·desert [wilderness];
    they ·needed [lacked] nothing.
Their clothes did not wear out,
    and their feet did not swell.

22 “You gave them kingdoms and ·nations [peoples; C to conquer];
    you ·gave them more land [put them in every corner; L allotted/allocated to them every corner/frontier].
They ·took over [took possession of; inherited] the country of Sihon king of Heshbon
    and the country of Og king of Bashan [Num. 21:21–33].
23 You made their ·children [descendants; sons] as ·many [numerous] as the stars ·in the sky [of heaven; Gen. 15:5; 22:17; 26:4],
    and you brought them into the land
    that you told their ·ancestors [fathers] to enter and ·take over [possess].

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21 For forty years(A) you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing,(B) their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.(C)

22 “You gave them kingdoms and nations, allotting to them even the remotest frontiers. They took over the country of Sihon[a](D) king of Heshbon and the country of Og king of Bashan.(E) 23 You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky,(F) and you brought them into the land that you told their parents to enter and possess.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:22 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts Sihon, that is, the country of the