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Deuteronomy 4:40

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38 to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.

39 Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.

Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

41 Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east

42 to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:

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BSB
Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
KJV
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
WEB
You shall keep his statutes and his commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which the LORD your God gives you for all time.
ASV
And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.
DARBY
And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days on the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.
BLB
And you shall keep His statutes and His commandments that I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, that you may prolong [your] days in the land that YHWH your God is giving to you—all the days.
ÅB
Og du skal ta vare på hans lover og hans bud, som jeg gir deg idag, for at det kan gå deg vel og dine barn etter deg, og for at du kan leve mange dager i det land Herren din Gud gir deg til evig eie.
OTB
Hold Hans forskrifter og bud, som jeg gir dere i dag, så det kan gå dere vel og deres barn etter dere, og at dere kan leve lenge i det landet Herren deres Gud gir dere for alltid.
B1930
Og du skal ta vare på hans lover og hans bud, som jeg gir dig idag, forat det kan gå dig vel og dine barn efter dig, og forat du kan leve mange dager i det land Herren din Gud gir dig til evig eie.

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  • Deuteronomy 6:3

    Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

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  • Ephesians 6:3

    “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

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  • Deuteronomy 12:25

    Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

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  • Leviticus 22:31

    You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:28

    Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:16

    Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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  • Deuteronomy 6:18

    Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,

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  • Deuteronomy 22:7

    You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

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