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And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
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Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.
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If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.