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# Now they sin more and more

Here "they" refers to the tribe of Ephraim and the entire nation of Israel, who followed Ephraim's example.

# These men who sacrifice kiss calves

Part of idol worship was kissing idol figures that were images of calves. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# Now they sin more and more`

			`Here "they" refers to the tribe of Ephraim and the entire nation of Israel, who followed Ephraim's example.`

			`# These men who sacrifice kiss calves`

			`Part of idol worship was kissing idol figures that were images of calves. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`