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21 For forty years you sustained them;
    they lacked nothing in the wilderness.
Their clothes did not become worn,
    and their feet did not become swollen.
22 “You gave them kingdoms and peoples,
    allotting to them even the most remote frontiers.
They took possession of the land of King Sihon of Heshbon
    and the land of King Og of Bashan.
23 You made their children as numerous
    as the stars of the heavens,
and you brought them into the land
    which you had commanded their fathers to enter and 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