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10 People of Israel, listen to what the Lord says to you.

The Lord says,

‘Do not copy the way that people of other nations live.
They are afraid of strange things that they see in the sky.
    But you must not be afraid of those things.[a]
The customs of those people are useless.[b]
They cut down a tree in the forest.
    A worker uses his tools to make it into an idol.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:2 Some nations worshipped the sun, the moon and the stars.
  2. 10:3 ‘Customs’ are things that people do because their ancestors have always done them. They think that those things will help them to live well.