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They abandoned athe house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and bserved the Asherim and the idols; so cwrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt.
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Exodus 34:12-14
Exodus 34
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"aWatch yourself that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a snare in your midst.
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"aBut rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their bAsherim
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--for ayou shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God--