15 otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and (A)sacrifice to their gods, and someone (B)might invite you [a]to eat of his sacrifice,

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  1. Exodus 34:15 Lit and you eat

15 “Be careful not to make a treaty(A) with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute(B) themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.(C)

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39 It shall be a tassel for you [a]to look at and (A)remember all the commandments of the Lord, so as to do them and not [b]follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot,

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  1. Numbers 15:39 Lit and you shall look at it
  2. Numbers 15:39 Lit seek

39 You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember(A) all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves(B) by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts(C) and eyes.

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39 Thus they became (A)unclean in their [a]practices,
And (B)played the harlot in their deeds.

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  1. Psalm 106:39 Lit works

39 They defiled themselves(A) by what they did;
    by their deeds they prostituted(B) themselves.

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12 My people (A)consult their wooden idol, and their diviner’s wand informs them;
For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray,
And they have played the harlot, departing [a]from their God.

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  1. Hosea 4:12 Lit from under

12 My people consult a wooden idol,(A)
    and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.(B)
A spirit of prostitution(C) leads them astray;(D)
    they are unfaithful(E) to their God.

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Ephraim Punished

(A)Do not rejoice, O Israel, [a]with exultation like the [b]nations!
For you have (B)played the harlot, [c]forsaking your God.
You have loved harlots’ earnings on [d]every threshing floor.

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  1. Hosea 9:1 Lit to
  2. Hosea 9:1 Lit peoples
  3. Hosea 9:1 Lit away from your God
  4. Hosea 9:1 Lit all threshing floors of grain

Punishment for Israel

Do not rejoice, Israel;
    do not be jubilant(A) like the other nations.
For you have been unfaithful(B) to your God;
    you love the wages of a prostitute(C)
    at every threshing floor.

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