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54 He brought his people to the edge of his holy land.
It was land with the mountain
    that he had taken with his power.[a]
55 He chased away the nations that were living there.
He gave to each tribe their own piece of land,
    so that Israel's tribes could live there.[b]

56 But the Israelites continued to test the Most High God,
    and they turned against him.
They did not obey his commands.[c]

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54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
    to the hill country his right hand(A) had taken.
55 He drove out nations(B) before them
    and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;(C)
    he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.

56 But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.

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