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23 The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; with me you are but aliens and tenants.(A)

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23 “‘The land(A) must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine(B) and you reside in my land as foreigners(C) and strangers.

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    comes up like a flower and withers,
    flees like a shadow and does not last.(A)

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They spring up like flowers(A) and wither away;(B)
    like fleeting shadows,(C) they do not endure.(D)

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12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
    and give ear to my cry;
    do not hold your peace at my tears.
For I am your passing guest,
    an alien, like all my forebears.(A)

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12 “Hear my prayer, Lord,
    listen to my cry for help;(A)
    do not be deaf(B) to my weeping.(C)
I dwell with you as a foreigner,(D)
    a stranger,(E) as all my ancestors were.(F)

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13 All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,(A)

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13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(A) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(B) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(C)

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Live as Servants of God

11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.11 Or one’s life

Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society

11 Dear friends,(A) I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,(B) to abstain from sinful desires,(C) which wage war against your soul.(D)

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