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But with your own eyes you saw all of the great things the LORD has done.
Deuteronomy 11:7 Meaning and Commentary
Deuteronomy 11:7
But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did; ] Even all before related, with many others; and therefore the instruction they should learn from thence should be as follows.
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It was not your children who saw what he did for you in the wilderness until you arrived at this place,
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and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth right in the middle of all Israel and swallowed them up with their households, their tents and every living thing that belonged to them.
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But it was your own eyes that saw all these great things the LORD has done.
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Observe therefore all the commands I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,
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and so that you may live long in the land the LORD swore to your ancestors to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.