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Deuteronomy 1:31

Bible in Basic English 1965

And in the waste land, where you have seen how the Lord was supporting you, as a man does his son, in all your journeying till you came to this place.

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Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.

You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I took you, as on eagles' wings, guiding you to myself.

He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.

It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.

Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; which agreement was broken by them, and I gave them up, says the Lord.

A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?

I am not able by myself to take the weight of all this people, for it is more than my strength.

And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land.

Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.

Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.




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