And (A)they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to the [a]goat demons with which they play the prostitute. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations.”’

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  1. Leviticus 17:7 Or goat idols

They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the goat idols[a](A) to whom they prostitute themselves.(B) This is to be a lasting ordinance(C) for them and for the generations to come.’(D)

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  1. Leviticus 17:7 Or the demons

39 It shall be a tassel for you [a]to look at and (A)remember all the commandments of the Lord, so that you will do them and not [b]follow your own heart and your own eyes, [c]which led you to prostitute yourselves,

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  1. Numbers 15:39 Lit and you shall look at it
  2. Numbers 15:39 Lit seek
  3. Numbers 15:39 Lit after which you played

39 You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember(A) all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves(B) by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts(C) and eyes.

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17 Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they [a]committed infidelity with other gods and bowed down to them. They turned aside quickly from the way (A)in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the Lord; they did not do the same as their fathers.

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  1. Judges 2:17 I.e., against God

17 Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted(A) themselves to other gods(B) and worshiped them.(C) They quickly turned(D) from the ways of their ancestors, who had been obedient to the Lord’s commands.(E)

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12 My people (A)consult their wooden idol, and their diviner’s wand informs them;
For a spirit of infidelity has led them astray,
And they have been unfaithful, departing [a]from their God.

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  1. Hosea 4:12 Lit from under

12 My people consult a wooden idol,(A)
    and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.(B)
A spirit of prostitution(C) leads them astray;(D)
    they are unfaithful(E) to their God.

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