This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon (A)do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

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That is why to this day neither the priests of Dagon nor any others who enter Dagon’s temple at Ashdod step on the threshold.(A)

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On that day I will punish
    everyone (A)who leaps over the threshold,
and those who fill their master's[a] house
    with violence and fraud.

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  1. Zephaniah 1:9 Or their Lord's

On that day I will punish
    all who avoid stepping on the threshold,[a](A)
who fill the temple of their gods
    with violence and deceit.(B)

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  1. Zephaniah 1:9 See 1 Samuel 5:5.

(A)Their idols are silver and gold,
    (B)the work of human hands.
They have mouths, (C)but do not speak;
    eyes, but do not see.
They have ears, but do not hear;
    noses, but do not smell.
They have hands, but do not feel;
    feet, but do not walk;
    and they do not make a sound in their throat.

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But their idols are silver and gold,(A)
    made by human hands.(B)
They have mouths, but cannot speak,(C)
    eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears, but cannot hear,
    noses, but cannot smell.
They have hands, but cannot feel,
    feet, but cannot walk,
    nor can they utter a sound with their throats.

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15 (A)The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
    the work of human hands.
16 They have mouths, but do not speak;
    they have eyes, but do not see;
17 they have ears, but do not hear,
    nor is there any breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them become like them,
    so do all who trust in them.

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15 The idols of the nations(A) are silver and gold,
    made by human hands.(B)
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,(C)
    eyes, but cannot see.
17 They have ears, but cannot hear,
    nor is there breath(D) in their mouths.
18 Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

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15 And the commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, (A)“Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

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15 The commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.”(A) And Joshua did so.

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