And the people of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, (A)from watchtower to fortified city.

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The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city(A) they built themselves high places in all their towns.

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(A)He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, (B)from watchtower to fortified city.

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From watchtower to fortified city,(A) he defeated the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory.

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11 (A)If there is iniquity in Gilead,
    they shall surely come to nothing:
(B)in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
    (C)their altars also are like stone heaps
    (D)on the furrows of the field.

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11 Is Gilead wicked?(A)
    Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?(B)
    Their altars will be like piles of stones
    on a plowed field.(C)

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12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing (A)in the dark, each (B)in his room of pictures? For they say, (C)‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

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12 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness,(A) each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see(B) us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

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27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
    and my mouth has kissed my hand,

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27 so that my heart was secretly enticed(A)
    and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,(B)

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15 (A)“‘Cursed be the man who makes a carved or cast metal image, an abomination to the Lord, a thing made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ (B)And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’

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15 “Cursed is anyone who makes an idol(A)—a thing detestable(B) to the Lord, the work of skilled hands—and sets it up in secret.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”(C)

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(A)“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or (B)the wife you embrace[a] or your friend (C)who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ (D)which neither you nor your fathers have known,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 13:6 Hebrew the wife of your bosom

If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices(A) you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods”(B) (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,

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