Deuteronomy 31: 16

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THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES CALLED
DEUTERONOMY

CHAPTER 31

16 ¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a ^awhoring after the ^bgods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and ^cbreak my covenant which I have made with them.

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16a	Ex. 34: 15. 15 Lest thou make a ^acovenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a ^bwhoring after their ^cgods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and ^done ^ecall thee, and thou ^feat of his sacrifice; Jer. 3: 2 (1-10) 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy ^awhoredoms and with thy wickedness. Hosea 9: 1. 1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a ^awhoring from thy God, thou hast loved a ^breward upon every ^ccornfloor.
b	2 Ne. 9: 37. 37 Yea, wo unto those that ^aworship idols, for the devil of all devils delighteth in them. Alma 7: 6. 6 But behold, I trust that ye are not in a state of so much unbelief as were your brethren; I trust that ye are not lifted up in the pride of your hearts; yea, I trust that ye have not set your hearts upon riches and the vain things of the world; yea, I trust that you do not worship ^aidols, but that ye do worship the true and the ^bliving God, and that ye look forward for the remission of your sins, with an everlasting faith, which is to come.
c	Judg. 2: 1. 1 And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never ^abreak my ^bcovenant with you.