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1SAYING TO AARON, 'MAKE FOR US GODSWHO WILL GOBEFORE US; FOR THISMOSESWHOLED US OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT -WE DO NOT KNOWWHATHAPPENED TO HIM'.
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"At that time2they made a calf and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in 3the works of their hands.
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"But God4turnedaway and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, '5IT WAS NOT TO ME THAT YOU OFFEREDVICTIMS AND SACRIFICES6FORTYYEARS IN THE WILDERNESS, WAS IT, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
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'7YOU ALSOTOOK ALONG THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH AND THE STAR OF THE GODROMPHA, THE IMAGESWHICH YOU MADE TO WORSHIP. I ALSO WILL REMOVE YOU BEYONDBABYLON.'
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"Our fathershad8the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Mosesdirected him to make it 9according to the patternwhich he had seen.
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"And having received it in their turn, our fathers10brought it in with Joshua upon dispossessing the nationswhomGoddrove out before* our fathers, until the time of David.
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"11David foundfavor in God'ssight, and 12asked that he might find a dwellingplace for the God of Jacob.
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"But it was 13Solomon who built a house for Him.
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"However, 14the MostHigh does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophetsays:
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'15HEAVEN IS MY THRONE, AND EARTH IS THE FOOTSTOOL OF MY FEET; WHATKIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?' says the Lord, 'ORWHATPLACE IS THERE FOR MY REPOSE?
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'16WAS IT NOT MY HAND WHICH MADEALLTHESETHINGS?'