14 “And now fear Jehovah+ and serve him in faultlessness and in truth,+ and remove the gods that YOUR forefathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt,+ and serve Jehovah.

23 “And now remove the foreign gods that are among YOU,+ and incline YOUR hearts to Jehovah the God of Israel.”

7 So the sons of Israel did what was bad in Jehovah’s eyes, and they were forgetful of Jehovah their God+ and went serving the Baʹals+ and the sacred poles.*+

6 And the sons of Israel again proceeded to do what was bad in the eyes of Jehovah,+ and they began to serve the Baʹals+ and the Ashʹto·reth+ images and the gods of Syria+ and the gods of Siʹdon+ and the gods of Moʹab+ and the gods of the sons of Amʹmon+ and the gods of the Phi·lisʹtines.+ So they left Jehovah and did not serve him.+