Deuteronomy 31:20

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For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.

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The Jordan marked the boundary Israel would cross from the wilderness into Canaan, the fertile land God had promised to their ancestors. In this warning, entering that abundance would test Israel’s covenant loyalty, as prosperity could lead them to forget the LORD and turn to other gods.

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Deuteronomy 31:20 mentions Jordan.

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