Nehemiah 9:18-21

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“Even when they ^(A)made for themselves
A calf of molten metal
And said, ‘This is your God
Who brought you up from Egypt,’
And committed great ^(a)blasphemies,

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^(B)You, in Your great compassion,
Did not forsake them in the wilderness;
^(C)The pillar of cloud did not leave them by day,
To guide them on their way,
Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go.

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“^(D)You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them,
Your manna You did not withhold from their mouth,
And You gave them water for their thirst.

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“Indeed, ^(E)forty years You provided for them in the wilderness and they were not in want;
Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell.

Footnotes:

a. Nehemiah 9:18: ['Lit ', acts of contempt]

Cross references:

A. Nehemiah 9:18: Exodus 32:4-8; Exodus 32:31

B. Nehemiah 9:19: Deuteronomy 8:2-4; Nehemiah 9:27; Nehemiah 9:31

C. Nehemiah 9:19: Nehemiah 9:12

D. Nehemiah 9:20: Numbers 11:17; Nehemiah 9:30; Isaiah 63:11-14

E. Nehemiah 9:21: Deuteronomy 2:7