Nehemiah 1:8-10

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⁸Please remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful and violate your obligations to Me I will scatter you [abroad] among the peoples;^(A) ⁹but if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though those of you who have been scattered are in the most remote part of the ^[a]heavens, I will gather them from there and will bring them to the place where I have chosen for My ^[b]Name to dwell.’^(B) ¹⁰Now they are Your servants and Your people whom You have redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand.

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Footnotes

Nehemiah 1:9 This seems to be a hypothetical expression, but the grammatical form is that of a real possibility, to emphasize that God will find His people no matter where in the world they may be.
Nehemiah 1:9 See note Deut 12:5.