2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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In these verses, the Levites continue to praise Yahweh in the presence of the people of Israel.
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## You made their children as numerous as the stars of heaven ##
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"You multiplied their children as the stars of heaven"
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## You made their ##
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Here "you" refers to Yahweh, and "their" refers to the Israelites at the time of Moses.
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## you brought them into the land. You told their ancestors to go in and possess it ##
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"you brought them into the land that you told their ancestors to enter and possess"
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## You gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land ##
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Here "them" refers to the Canaanites, and "their" refers to the Israelites. "You handed the Canaanite kings and their people over to them"
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