21 Indeed, for (A)forty years You provided for them in the wilderness and they were not lacking;
Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell up.
22 You also gave them kingdoms and peoples,
And allotted them to them as a [a]boundary.
(B)They took possession of the land of Sihon [b]the king of Heshbon
And the land of Og the king of Bashan.
23 You made their sons as numerous as (C)the stars of heaven,
And You brought them into the land
Which You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

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  1. Nehemiah 9:22 Lit side, corner
  2. Nehemiah 9:22 As in LXX and Lat; MT and the land of the king of Heshbon

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