Keep My statutes and ordinances; a person will live(A) if he does them.(B) I am Yahweh.

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Keep my decrees and laws,(A) for the person who obeys them will live by them.(B) I am the Lord.

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29 You warned them to turn back to Your law,
but they acted arrogantly
and would not obey Your commands.
They sinned against Your ordinances,
which a person will live by if he does them.(A)
They stubbornly resisted,[a]
stiffened their necks, and would not obey.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:29 Lit They gave a stubborn shoulder

29 “You warned(A) them in order to turn them back to your law, but they became arrogant(B) and disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, of which you said, ‘The person who obeys them will live by them.’(C) Stubbornly they turned their backs(D) on you, became stiff-necked(E) and refused to listen.(F)

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11 Then I gave them My statutes and explained My ordinances to them—the person who does them will live by them.(A)

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11 I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live.(A)

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13 “But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness.(A) They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—the person who does them will live by them.(B) They also completely profaned My Sabbaths.(C) So I considered pouring out My wrath on them in the wilderness to put an end to them.(D)

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13 “‘Yet the people of Israel rebelled(A) against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws(B)—by which the person who obeys them will live—and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths.(C) So I said I would pour out my wrath(D) on them and destroy(E) them in the wilderness.(F)

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21 “But the children rebelled against Me.(A) They did not follow My statutes or carefully keep My ordinances—the person who does them will live by them. They also profaned My Sabbaths. So I considered pouring out My wrath on them and exhausting My anger against them in the wilderness.

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21 “‘But the children rebelled against me: They did not follow my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws,(A) of which I said, “The person who obeys them will live by them,” and they desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger(B) against them in the wilderness.(C)

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10 and I died. The commandment that was meant for life(A) resulted in death for me.

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10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life(A) actually brought death.

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