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Deuteronomy 11:9-11
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Deuteronomy 11:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 and that you may have long life on the land which the Lord swore to your ancestors he would give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 The land you are to enter and possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you would sow your seed and then water it by hand,[a] as in a vegetable garden. 11 (A)No, the land into which you are crossing to take possession is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in rain from the heavens,
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- 11:10 By hand: lit., “by foot,” probably referring to a kind of mechanism for irrigation from the Nile.
Deuteronomy 11:9-11
New International Version
Deuteronomy 11:9-11
New International Version
9 and so that you may live long(A) in the land the Lord swore(B) to your ancestors to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.(C) 10 The land you are entering to take over is not like the land of Egypt,(D) from which you have come, where you planted your seed and irrigated it by foot as in a vegetable garden. 11 But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys(E) that drinks rain from heaven.(F)
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