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Joshua 23:6, 7New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
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6 “Now you must be very courageous to observe and carry out all that is written in the book of the Law+ of Moses by never deviating from it to the right or to the left,+ 7 by never mingling with these nations+ that remain with you. You must not even mention the names of their gods+ nor swear by them, and you must never serve them nor bow down to them.+
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Jeremiah 12:16New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
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16 “And if they make sure to learn the ways of my people and to swear by my name, ‘As surely as Jehovah is alive!’ just as they taught my people to swear by Baʹal, they will then be built up among my people.
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Zephaniah 1:4, 5New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
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4 “I will stretch out my hand against Judah
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
And I will wipe out from this place every vestige* of Baʹal,+
The name of the foreign-god priests along with the priests,+
5 And those who bow down on the rooftops to the army of the heavens,+
And those who bow down and pledge loyalty to Jehovah+
While pledging loyalty to Malʹcam;+
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