30 And the people of Dan set up the carved image for themselves, and Jonathan the son of Gershom, (A)son of Moses,[a] (B)and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day (C)of the captivity of the land.

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  1. Judges 18:30 Or Manasseh

30 There the Danites set up for themselves the idol, and Jonathan son of Gershom,(A) the son of Moses,[a] and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the captivity of the land.

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  1. Judges 18:30 Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; many other Hebrew manuscripts and some other Septuagint manuscripts Manasseh

10 So the Philistines fought, (A)and Israel was defeated, (B)and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. 11 (C)And the ark of God was captured, (D)and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

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10 So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated(A) and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11 The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.(B)

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60 He (A)forsook his dwelling at (B)Shiloh,
    the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
61 and delivered his (C)power to captivity,
    his (D)glory to the hand of the foe.
62 He (E)gave his people over to the sword
    and (F)vented his wrath on his heritage.

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60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,(A)
    the tent he had set up among humans.(B)
61 He sent the ark of his might(C) into captivity,(D)
    his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;(E)
    he was furious with his inheritance.(F)

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The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated before the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle. And when the people came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here (A)from Shiloh, that it[a] may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 4:3 Or he

The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield. When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why(A) did the Lord bring defeat on us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark(B) of the Lord’s covenant from Shiloh,(C) so that he may go with us(D) and save us from the hand of our enemies.”

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And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made (A)an ephod and (B)household gods, and (C)ordained[a] one of his sons, who became his priest.

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  1. Judges 17:5 Hebrew filled the hand of; also verse 12

Now this man Micah had a shrine,(A) and he made an ephod(B) and some household gods(C) and installed(D) one of his sons as his priest.(E)

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And he restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said, “I dedicate the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son, to make (A)a carved image and (B)a metal image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.”

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When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I solemnly consecrate my silver to the Lord for my son to make an image overlaid with silver.(A) I will give it back to you.”

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The Birth of Samson

13 And the people of Israel again (A)did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord gave them (B)into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.

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The Birth of Samson

13 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines(A) for forty years.(B)

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22 She gave birth to a son, and he called his name (A)Gershom, for he said, “I have been a (B)sojourner[a] in a foreign land.”

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  1. Exodus 2:22 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for sojourner

22 Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,[a](A) saying, “I have become a foreigner(B) in a foreign land.”

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  1. Exodus 2:22 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.

44 And he (A)gave them the lands of the nations,
    and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,
45 that they might (B)keep his statutes
    and (C)observe his laws.
(D)Praise the Lord!

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44 he gave them the lands of the nations,(A)
    and they fell heir to what others had toiled(B) for—
45 that they might keep his precepts
    and observe his laws.(C)

Praise the Lord.[a](D)

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  1. Psalm 105:45 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

29 For I know that after my death (A)you will surely act corruptly and turn aside from the way that I have commanded you. And (B)in the days to come (C)evil will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the Lord, (D)provoking him to anger through the work of your hands.”

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29 For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt(A) and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster(B) will fall on you because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord and arouse his anger by what your hands have made.”

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16 And the Lord said to Moses, (A)“Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers. Then this people will rise and (B)whore after the foreign gods among them in the land that they are entering, and they will (C)forsake me and (D)break my covenant that I have made with them.

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16 And the Lord said to Moses: “You are going to rest with your ancestors,(A) and these people will soon prostitute(B) themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake(C) me and break the covenant I made with them.

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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 there is found among you, within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, (B)in transgressing his covenant, and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or (C)the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, (D)which I have forbidden, and it is told you and you hear of it, then you shall inquire (E)diligently, and if it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel, then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you (F)shall stone that man or woman to death with stones. (G)On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses the one who is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness. (H)The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So (I)you shall purge[a] the evil[b] from your midst.

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  1. Deuteronomy 17:7 Septuagint drive out; also verse 12
  2. Deuteronomy 17:7 Or evil person; also verse 12

If a man or woman living among you in one of the towns the Lord gives you is found doing evil in the eyes of the Lord your God in violation of his covenant,(A) and contrary to my command(B) has worshiped other gods,(C) bowing down to them or to the sun(D) or the moon or the stars in the sky,(E) and this has been brought to your attention, then you must investigate it thoroughly. If it is true(F) and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done in Israel,(G) take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death.(H) On the testimony of two or three witnesses a person is to be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.(I) The hands of the witnesses must be the first in putting that person to death,(J) and then the hands of all the people.(K) You must purge the evil(L) from among you.

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