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Hear you now what Yahweh says: Arise, contend you before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
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Hear, you mountains, Yahweh`s controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
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My people, what have I done to you? and in which have I wearied you? testify against me.
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For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
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My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; [remember] from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.
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How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
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Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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He has showed you, man, what is good; and what does Yahweh require of you, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?