so that you will not [a]associate with these nations, these which remain with you, or (A)mention the name of their gods, or (B)make anyone swear by them, or (C)serve them, or bow down to them.

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  1. Joshua 23:7 Lit come among

Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear(A) by them. You must not serve them or bow down(B) to them.

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16 Then, if they will really (A)learn the ways of My people, to (B)swear by My name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ just as they taught My people to (C)swear by Baal, they will be (D)built up in the midst of My people.

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16 And if they learn(A) well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’(B)—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal(C)—then they will be established among my people.(D)

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And those who bow down on the (A)housetops to the heavenly [a]lights,
And those who bow down and (B)swear to the Lord, but also swear by [b](C)Milcom,

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  1. Zephaniah 1:5 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.
  2. Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king; MT Malcam, prob. a variant spelling of Milcom, the Ammonite god

those who bow down on the roofs
    to worship the starry host,(A)
those who bow down and swear by the Lord
    and who also swear by Molek,[a](B)

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  1. Zephaniah 1:5 Hebrew Malkam