Ezekiel 23:8
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8 She did not give up her whoring (A)that she had begun in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her and handled her virgin bosom and poured out their whoring lust upon her.
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Ezekiel 23:19
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19 Yet she increased her whoring, (A)remembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egypt
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Ezekiel 23:3
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3 (A)They played the whore in Egypt; (B)they played the whore (C)in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms[a] handled.
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- Ezekiel 23:3 Hebrew nipples; also verses 8, 21
Exodus 32:4
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4 (A)And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden[a] calf. And they said, (B)“These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
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- Exodus 32:4 Hebrew cast metal; also verse 8
2 Kings 17:16
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16 And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves metal images of (A)two calves; and they (B)made an Asherah and (C)worshiped all the host of heaven and served (D)Baal.
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2 Kings 10:29
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29 But Jehu did not turn aside from (A)the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, (B)which he made Israel to sin—that is, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan.
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1 Kings 12:28
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28 So the king took counsel and (A)made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. (B)Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
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Ezekiel 23:21
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21 Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom and pressed[a] your young breasts.”
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- Ezekiel 23:21 Vulgate, Syriac; Hebrew bosom for the sake of
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