and lest you (A)go[a] among these nations, these who remain among you. You shall not (B)make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause anyone to (C)swear by them; you shall not (D)serve them nor bow down to them,

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  1. Joshua 23:7 associate with

Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear(A) by them. You must not serve them or bow down(B) to them.

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16 And it shall be, if they will learn carefully the ways of My people, (A)to swear by My name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they shall be (B)established in the midst of My people.

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16 And if they learn(A) well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’(B)—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal(C)—then they will be established among my people.(D)

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Those (A)who worship the host of heaven on the housetops;
Those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord,
But who also swear (B)by [a]Milcom;

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  1. Zephaniah 1:5 Or Malcam, an Ammonite god, 1 Kin. 11:5; Jer. 49:1; Molech, Lev. 18:21

those who bow down on the roofs
    to worship the starry host,(A)
those who bow down and swear by the Lord
    and who also swear by Molek,[a](B)

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  1. Zephaniah 1:5 Hebrew Malkam