Ezekiel 20:16
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16 (A)because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for (B)their heart went after their idols.
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Numbers 15:39
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39 And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and (A)remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, and that you (B)may not (C)follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined,
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Ezekiel 20:8
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8 But they rebelled against Me and would not [a]obey Me. They did not all cast away the abominations which were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said, ‘I will (A)pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.’
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- Ezekiel 20:8 Lit. listen to
Ezekiel 14:3-4
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3 “Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them (A)that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. (B)Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?
4 “Therefore speak to them, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols,
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Acts 7:39-43
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39 whom our fathers (A)would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt, 40 (B)saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 41 (C)And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and (D)rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 42 Then (E)God turned and gave them up to worship (F)the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets:
(G)‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness,
O house of Israel?
43 You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
And the star of your god Remphan,
Images which you made to worship;
And (H)I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
Amos 5:25-26
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25 “Did(A) you offer Me sacrifices and offerings
In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 You also carried [a]Sikkuth[b] (B)your king
And Chiun, your idols,
The star of your gods,
Which you made for yourselves.
Ezekiel 23:8
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8 She has never given up her harlotry brought (A)from Egypt,
For in her youth they had lain with her,
Pressed her virgin bosom,
And poured out their immorality upon her.
Ezekiel 20:13-14
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13 Yet the house of Israel (A)rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they (B)despised My judgments, (C)‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; and they greatly (D)defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the (E)wilderness, to consume them. 14 (F)But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.
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Numbers 25:2
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2 (A)They invited the people to (B)the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and (C)bowed down to their gods.
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Exodus 32:1-8
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The Gold Calf(A)
32 Now when the people saw that Moses (B)delayed coming down from the mountain, the people (C)gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, (D)“Come, make us [a]gods that shall (E)go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who (F)brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”
2 And Aaron said to them, “Break off the (G)golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. 4 (H)And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf.
Then they said, “This is your god, O Israel, that (I)brought you out of the land of Egypt!”
5 So when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a (J)proclamation and said, “Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord.” 6 Then they rose early on the next day, offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people (K)sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
7 And the Lord said to Moses, (L)“Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt (M)have corrupted themselves. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which (N)I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, (O)‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ”
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- Exodus 32:1 Or a god
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