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22 “You gave them kingdoms and nations;
    you gave them more land.
They took over the country of Sihon king of Heshbon
    and the country of Og king of Bashan.
23 You made their children as many as the stars in the sky,
    and you brought them into the land
    that you told their ancestors to enter and take over.
24 So their children went into the land and took over.
    The Canaanites lived there, but you defeated them for our ancestors.
You handed over to them the Canaanites, their kings, and the people of the land.
    Our ancestors could do what they wanted with them.

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22 “You gave them kingdoms and nations, allotting to them even the remotest frontiers. They took over the country of Sihon[a](A) king of Heshbon and the country of Og king of Bashan.(B) 23 You made their children as numerous as the stars in the sky,(C) and you brought them into the land that you told their parents to enter and possess. 24 Their children went in and took possession of the land.(D) You subdued(E) before them the Canaanites, who lived in the land; you gave the Canaanites into their hands, along with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with them as they pleased.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:22 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts Sihon, that is, the country of the