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The LORD made a covenant with them and commanded them,
1"You shall not fear other gods
2or bow yourselves to them or serve them or sacrifice to them,
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but
3you shall fear the LORD,
4who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and
5with an outstretched arm. You shall bow yourselves to him, and to him you shall sacrifice.
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And the statutes and the rules and the law and the commandment that he wrote for you,
6you shall always be careful to do.
7You shall not fear other gods,
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and
8you shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you.
9You shall not fear other gods,
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but
10you shall fear the LORD your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies."
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However, they would not listen, but they did according to their former manner.
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11So these nations feared the LORD and also served their carved images. Their children did likewise, and their children's children--as their fathers did, so they do to this day.