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He gave his laws to Jacob's descendants,
    the Israelite people.
He commanded our ancestors
    to teach them to their children.
Then the children would know about them,
    even the children still to be born.
When the time came,
    they too would tell their children.
Then their family would trust in God.
    They would not forget what God had done.
    They would obey his commands.

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He decreed statutes(A) for Jacob(B)
    and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to teach their children,
so the next generation would know them,
    even the children yet to be born,(C)
    and they in turn would tell their children.
Then they would put their trust in God
    and would not forget(D) his deeds
    but would keep his commands.(E)

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