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- "Thou shalt not¹ makeª° unto thee any graven image,ª or any¹ likenessª [of any thing] thatª [is] in heavenª above,ª¹ or that¹ [is] in the earthª beneath,¹¹ or that¹ [is] in the waterª under¹¹ the earth:ª" {Exd 20:4} + "Ye shall makeª° you no¹ idolsª nor graven image,ª neither¹ rear you upª° a standing image,ª neither¹ shall ye set upª° [any] imageª of stoneª in your land,ª to bow downª° unto¹ it: for¹ I¹ [am] the LORDª your God.ª" {Lev 26:1} + "If¹ there be foundª° amongª you, within anyª of thy gatesª which¹ the LORDª thy Godª givethª° thee, manª or¹ woman,ª that¹ hath wroughtª°¹ wickednessª in the sightª of the LORDª thy God,ª in transgressingª° his covenant,ª ... The handsª of the witnessesª shall be¹ firstª upon him to put him to death,ª° and afterwardª the handsª of all¹ the people.ª So thou shalt put²° the evil² awayª°¹ from amongª¹ you." {Deu 17:2-7} + "Cursedª° [be] the manª that¹ makethª° [any] gravenª or molten image,ª an abominationª unto the LORD,ª the workª of the handsª of the craftsman,ª and puttethª° [it] in [a] secretª [place]. And all¹ the peopleª shall answerª° and say,ª° Amen.ª" {Deu 27:15} + "And the LORDª saidª° unto¹ Moses,ª Behold,¹ thou shalt sleepª° with¹ thy fathers;ª and this¹ peopleª will rise up,ª° and go a whoringª° afterª the godsª of the strangersª of the land,ª whither¹¹ they¹ goª° [to be] amongª them, and will forsakeª° me, and breakª°¹ my covenantª which¹ I have madeª° with¹ them." {Deu 31:16} + "For¹ I knowª° that afterª my deathª ye will utterly²° corruptª° [yourselves], and turn asideª° from¹ the wayª which¹ I have commandedª° you; and evilª will befallª° you in the latterª days;ª because¹ ye will doª°¹ evilª in the sightª of the LORD,ª to provoke him to angerª° through the workª of your hands.ª" {Deu 31:29} + "[And] the seventhª lotª came outª° for the tribeª of the childrenª of Danª according to their families.ª ... This¹ [is] the inheritanceª of the tribeª of the childrenª of Danª according to their families,ª these¹ citiesª with their villages.ª" {Jsh 19:40-48} + "For they provoked him to angerª° with their high places,ª and moved him to jealousyª° with their graven images.ª ... And deliveredª° his strengthª into captivity,ª and his gloryª into the enemy'sª hand.ª" {Psa 78:58-61}; God had graciously performed his promise, in putting these Danites in possession of that which fell to their lot, obliging them thereby to be faithful to him who had been so to them; they inherited the labour of the people, that they might observe his statues. "And gaveª° them the landsª of the heathen:ª and they inheritedª° the labourª of the people;ª ... That¹ they might observeª° his statutes,ª and keepª° his laws.ª Praiseª° ye the LORD.ª" {Psa 105:44-45}. But the first thing they do after they are settled is to break his laws, by setting up the graven image, attributing their success to that idol, which, if God had not been infinitely patient, would have been their ruin. Thus a prosperous idolater goes on to offend, imputing this his power unto his God. Instead of Manasseh, some would read Moses; as it is found in some manuscripts, in the Vulgate and in the concessions of the most intelligent Jews. But Bp. Patrick takes this to be an idle conceit of the Rabbins, and supposes this Jonathan to be of some other family of the Levites. Yet Kimchi acknowledges, that the Jews, deeply concerned for the honour of their lawgiver, to whom they thought it would be a great dishonour to have a grandson who was an idolater, suspended the letter, נ, noon, over the word משׁ [Strong's H4872], [Strong's H4873], Moses, thus מנשׁה [Strong's H4519], as it is found in the Hebrew Bibles; which, by means of the points, they have changed into Manasseh.
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