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2 Kings 17:32-41

32Soוַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213theyfearedH3372theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, andmadeעֹשִׂ֥ים'o.SimH6213unto them from amongthemselvesH1992priestsכֹּהֲנֵ֣יko.ha.NeiH3548of thehighבָמ֔וֹתva.MotH1116placesH1116,whichH1004sacrificed for them in thehousesבְּבֵ֥יתbe.VeitH1004of thehighהַבָּמֽוֹת׃ha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116.

33TheyfearedH3372theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, andservedעֹֽבְדִ֔ים'oe.DimH5647theirownהָי֣וּha.YuH1961godsאֱלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙'e.lo.hei.HemH430,afterהָי֣וּha.YuH1961themannerכְּמִשְׁפַּט֙ke.mish.PatH4941of thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471from amongwhomאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834they had beencarriedH1540awayH1540.

34Unto thisdayהַיּ֤וֹםhai.YomH3117theydoעֹשִׂ֔ים'o.SimH6213afterH3117theformerהָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֑יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223manners: theyfearH3372notאֵינָ֤ם'ei.NamH369theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,neitherוְאֵינָ֣םve.'ei.NamH369doעֹשִׂ֗ים'o.SimH6213theyafterH3117theirstatutesכְּחֻקֹּתָם֙ke.chu.ko.TamH2708, orafterH3117theirordinancesH4941, orafterH3117thelawוְכַתּוֹרָ֣הve.kha.to.RahH8451orafterH3117thecommandmentוְכַמִּצְוָ֗הve.kha.mitz.VahH4687whichאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֤הtzi.VahH6680thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290,whomאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834henamedשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478;

35with whom theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068hadmadeוַיִּכְרֹ֨תvai.yikh.RotH3772acovenantבְּרִ֔יתbe.RitH1285, andchargedוַיְצַוֵּ֣םvay.tza.VemH6680them,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Ye shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808fearתִֽירְא֖וּti.re.'UH3372otherאֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430,norוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808bowתִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּtish.ta.cha.VuH7812yourselves to them,norוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808serveתַעַבְד֔וּםta.'av.DumH5647them,norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808sacrificeתִזְבְּח֖וּtiz.be.ChuH2076to them:

36but theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, whobroughtH5927youאֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherH834upH5927outH5186of thelandמֵאֶ֧רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֛יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714withgreatגָּד֛וֹלga.DolH1419powerH2220and with astretchedH5186outH5186armוּבִזְר֥וֹעַu.viz.Ro.a'H2220, him shall yefearתִירָ֑אוּti.Ra.'uH3372, and unto him shall yebowתִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּtish.ta.cha.VuH7812yourselves, and to him shall yesacrificeתִזְבָּֽחוּ׃tiz.Ba.chuH2076:

37and thestatutesהַחֻקִּ֨יםha.chu.KimH2706and theordinancesהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֜יםha.mish.pa.TimH4941, and thelawוְהַתּוֹרָ֤הve.ha.to.RahH8451and thecommandmentוְהַמִּצְוָה֙ve.ha.mitz.VahH4687,whichH834hewroteכָּתַ֣בka.TavH3789foryouH834, ye shallobserveתִּשְׁמְר֥וּןtish.me.RunH8104todoלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213for evermore; and ye shallnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808fearתִֽירְא֖וּti.re.'UH3372otherאֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430:

38and thecovenantוְהַבְּרִ֛יתve.ha.be.RitH1285that I havemadeכָּרַ֥תִּיka.Ra.tiH3772withyouאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834ye shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808forgetתִשְׁכָּ֑חוּtish.Ka.chuH7911;neitherוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808shall yefearתִֽירְא֖וּti.re.'UH3372otherאֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430:

39but theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430shall yefearתִּירָ֑אוּti.Ra.'uH3372; and he shalldeliverיַצִּ֣ילya.TzilH5337youכִּ֛יkiH3588outH3605of thehandמִיַּ֖דmi.YadH3027ofallH3605yourenemiesאֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃'o.ye.vei.KhemH341.

40Howbeit theydidH6213notוְלֹ֖אve.Lo'H3808hearken, but theydidH6213afterכִּ֛יkiH3588theirformerהָֽרִאשׁ֖וֹןha.ri.ShonH7223mannerכְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֥םke.mish.pa.TamH4941.

41SoH6213theseהָאֵ֗לֶּהha.'E.lehH428nationsהַגּוֹיִ֣םha.go.YimH1471fearedH3372theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, andservedעֹֽבְדִ֑ים'oe.DimH5647theirgravenH6456imagesH6456; theirchildrenבְּנֵיהֶ֣ם׀be.nei.HemH1121likewise, and theirchildren’sוּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.NeiH1121childrenבְנֵיהֶ֗םve.nei.HemH1121, asdidH6213theirfathersאֲבֹתָם֙'a.vo.TamH1,soH6213doH6213they unto thisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

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