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18 The Lord said, “I will give you the land of Canaan. The promised land will belong to you.”

19 Then God’s people were few in number.
    They were strangers in the land.
20 They went from one nation to another.
    They went from one kingdom to another.

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18 “To you I will give the land of Canaan(A)
    as the portion you will inherit.”

19 When they were but few in number,(B)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,
20 they[a] wandered(C) from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 16:20 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint and Vulgate (see also Psalm 105:12); most Hebrew manuscripts inherit, / 19 though you are but few in number, / few indeed, and strangers in it.” / 20 They