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Sacrifices to them may even be touched by women in their periods or at childbirth. Since you know by these things that they are not gods, do not fear them.
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For how can they be called gods? Women serve meals for gods of silver and gold and wood;
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and in their temples the priests sit with their clothes torn, their heads and beards shaved, and their heads uncovered.
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They howl and shout before their gods as some do at a funeral banquet.
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The priests take some of the clothing of their gods to clothe their wives and children.
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