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Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.
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Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;
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this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
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When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say:
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“I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
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In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
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Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel!
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You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not worship any god other than me.
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I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
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“But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.
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So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
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“If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways,