Verses:
title, 1-7:
The Word was given to the children of Jacob, and they were confirmed in it by means of miracles;
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8-10:
but their fathers and the children had gone back, and had not lived according to it,
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11-31:
the miracles in the desert even having no effect, all of which involved how the Lord teaches and leads those whom He calls to His church. All these things recited.
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32-37:
On account of the miracles they returned, indeed, but only with the mouth, not with the heart.
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38-40:
The Lord forgave them.
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41-51:
Again they were seemingly converted when they recalled the miracles in Egypt, all of which involve the removal and dispersion from them of the hells. A recital of these things.
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52-55:
The Lord thus led them unto the land which was the seat of the church.
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56-58:
Yet they backslid and worshipped another god.
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59-64:
Therefore they were forsaken by the Lord, and delivered over to their falsities and evils; this of themselves.
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65-67:
Thus they were rejected.
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68-72:
Therefore a new church was instituted, which would worship the Lord, and which the Lord could lead.
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