17 The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods(A) while the priest and the six hundred armed men(B) stood at the entrance of the gate.

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18 When the five men went into Micah’s house and took(A) the idol, the ephod and the household gods,(B) the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

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24 He replied, “You took(A) the gods I made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you ask, ‘What’s the matter with you?’”

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21 The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.(A)

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Since you trust in your deeds and riches,(A)
    you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh(B) will go into exile,(C)
    together with his priests and officials.(D)

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The people who live in Samaria fear
    for the calf-idol(A) of Beth Aven.[a](B)
Its people will mourn over it,
    and so will its idolatrous priests,(C)
those who had rejoiced over its splendor,
    because it is taken from them into exile.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).

It will be carried to Assyria(A)
    as tribute(B) for the great king.(C)
Ephraim will be disgraced;(D)
    Israel will be ashamed(E) of its foreign alliances.

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