19 And be careful not to raise your eyes to heaven and look at the sun, the moon, and the stars, (A)all the heavenly [a]lights, (B)and allow yourself to be drawn away and worship them and serve them, things which the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

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  1. Deuteronomy 4:19 Lit host

19 And when you look up to the sky and see the sun,(A) the moon and the stars(B)—all the heavenly array(C)—do not be enticed(D) into bowing down to them and worshiping(E) things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

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16 And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves cast metal images: (A)two calves. And they (B)made an [a]Asherah, and (C)worshiped all the heavenly [b]lights, and (D)served Baal.

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  1. 2 Kings 17:16 I.e., a wooden symbol of a female deity
  2. 2 Kings 17:16 Lit host

16 They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves,(A) and an Asherah(B) pole. They bowed down to all the starry hosts,(C) and they worshiped Baal.(D)

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They will spread them out to the sun, the moon, and to all the (A)heavenly [a]lights, which they have loved, which they have served, which they have followed, which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered (B)nor buried; (C)they will be like dung on the face of the ground.

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  1. Jeremiah 8:2 Lit host

They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served(A) and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped.(B) They will not be gathered up or buried,(C) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(D)

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