And it came to be, as though it had been a light matter for him to walk in the sins of Yaroḇ
And they left all the commands of יהוה their Elohim, and made for themselves a moulded image, two calves, and made an Ashĕ
And Yĕ
Then the five men left and came to Layish, and saw the people who were in their midst, how they dwelt safely, according to the ruling of the Tsiḏ
Then the children of Yisra’ĕ
“But I hold against you that you allow that woman Izeḇ
“Is it not enough for you to have eaten up the good pasture, and the rest of your pasture you trample with your feet. Or that you should drink of the clear waters, and the rest you muddy with your feet?
“And have you not walked in their ways and did according to their abominations? But in all your ways you soon became more corrupt than they.
“And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to Me, and these you slaughtered as food to them. Were your whorings a small matter,
And He said to me, “Have you seen, O son of man? Is it a small matter to the house of Yehuḏ
And he said, “Hear now, O house of Dawiḏ
“And now, send and gather all Yisra’ĕ
And it came to be, while Izeḇ
“And the Tsiḏ
And the children of Yisra’ĕ
Thus the children of Yisra’ĕ
“Is it little to you that the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ
But she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s love-apples too?” And Raḥ
that the sons of Elohim saw the daughters of men, that they were good. And they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
“When יהוה your Elohim brings you into the land which you go to possess, He shall also clear away many nations before you: the Ḥ
And he answered, “I have not disturbed Yisra’ĕ
And he did evil in the eyes of יהוה, but not like his father and mother; for he removed the statue of Baʽ
For he turned and built the high places which Ḥ
but have walked in the way of the sovereigns of Yisra’ĕ
Neither did Ashĕ
but sought the Elohim of his father, and walked in His commands and not according to the deeds of Yisra’ĕ
and give to her vineyards from there, and the Valley of Aḵ