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Deuteronomy 9:1

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to pass: Deuteronomy 3:18, Deuteronomy 11:31, Deuteronomy 27:2; Joshua 1:11, Joshua 3:6, Joshua 3:14, Joshua 3:16, Joshua 4:5, Joshua 4:19

this day: The Hebrew hyyom:, "this day," frequently denotes, as here, this time. They had come, 38 years before this, nearly to the verge of the promised land, but were not permitted, because of their unbelief and rebellion, at that day or time, to enter; but this time they shall certainly pass over. This was spoken in the eleventh month of the fortieth year of their journeying; and it was on the first month of the following year they passed over, and during this interval Moses died.

nations: Deuteronomy 4:38, Deuteronomy 7:1, Deuteronomy 11:23

cities: Deuteronomy 1:28; Numbers 13:22, Numbers 13:28-33

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