16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test(A) as you did at Massah.

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Samuel told them, “If you(A) are returning to the Lord(B) with all your heart,(C) get rid of the foreign gods(D) and the Ashtoreths that are among you, set your hearts on the Lord, and worship only him.(E) Then he will rescue you from the Philistines.”

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So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning(A) to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid(B) yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths(C) and commit(D) yourselves to the Lord and serve him only,(E) and he will deliver(F) you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

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David’s Military Census

21 Satan[a](A) rose up against Israel and incited David(B) to count the people of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 21:1 Or An adversary; Jb 1:6; Zch 3:1–2

David Counts the Fighting Men(A)

21 Satan(B) rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census(C) of Israel.

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