23 You multiplied their descendants
like the stars of heaven(A)
and brought them to the land
You told their ancestors to go in and take possession of it.
24 So their descendants went in and possessed the land:
You subdued the Canaanites who inhabited the land before them
and handed their kings and the surrounding peoples over to them,(B)
to do as they pleased with them.
25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land
and took possession of well-supplied houses,
cisterns cut out of rock, vineyards,
olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance.(C)
They ate, were filled,
became prosperous, and delighted in Your great goodness.

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23 You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky,(A) and you brought them into the land that you told their parents to enter and possess. 24 Their children went in and took possession of the land.(B) You subdued(C) before them the Canaanites, who lived in the land; you gave the Canaanites into their hands, along with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with them as they pleased. 25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land;(D) they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things,(E) wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished;(F) they reveled in your great goodness.(G)

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