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# Connecting Statement:
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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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# They captured
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The Israelites at the time of Moses captured
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# a productive land
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"a fertile land"
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# cisterns
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holes in the ground where people store water
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# grew fat
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This might be a metaphor for "stopped thinking about Yahweh" or "became complacent." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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