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then he makes a suitable niche for it, and sets it in the wall, and fastens it there with iron.
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He takes thought for it, so that it may not fall, because he knows that it cannot help itself, for it is only an image and has need of help.
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When he prays about possessions and his marriage and children, he is not ashamed to address a lifeless thing.
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For health he appeals to a thing that is weak; for life he prays to a thing that is dead; for aid he entreats a thing that is utterly inexperienced; for a prosperous journey, a thing that cannot take a step;
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for money-making and work and success with his hands he asks strength of a thing whose hands have no strength.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.