the high: Numbers 22:41
to burn: Jeremiah 7:31; Deuteronomy 12:31; 2 Kings 17:17; 2 Chronicles 28:3; Psalms 106:37-38; Ezekiel 16:20-21; Ezekiel 20:26
neither: Ezekiel 38:10; Daniel 2:29
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Jeremiah 19:5
Jeremiah 19:5
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