23 You also multiplied (A)their children as the stars of heaven,
And brought them into the land
Which You had told their fathers
To go in and possess.
24 So (B)the [a]people went in
And possessed the land;
(C)You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land,
The Canaanites,
And gave them into their hands,
With their kings
And the people of the land,
That they might do with them as they wished.
25 And they took strong cities and a (D)rich land,
And possessed (E)houses full of all goods,
Cisterns already dug, vineyards, olive groves,
And [b]fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate and were filled and (F)grew fat,
And delighted themselves in Your great (G)goodness.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:24 Lit. sons
  2. Nehemiah 9:25 Lit. trees for eating

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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