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Hosea 3:4

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without a king: Hosea 10:3; Genesis 49:10; Jeremiah 15:4-5; John 19:15

without a sacrifice: 2 Chronicles 15:2; Daniel 8:11-13, Daniel 9:27, Daniel 12:11; Matthew 24:1-2; Luke 21:24; Acts 6:13-14; Hebrews 10:26

an image: Heb. a standing, or statue, or pillar, Isaiah 19:19-20

ephod: Exodus 28:4; Leviticus 8:7; Judges 8:27, Judges 17:5; 1 Samuel 2:18, 1 Samuel 14:3, 1 Samuel 21:9, 1 Samuel 22:18, 1 Samuel 23:6, 1 Samuel 23:9; 1 Samuel 30:7; 2 Samuel 6:14

without teraphim: Genesis 31:19 *marg. Judges 17:5, Judges 18:17-24; 2 Kings 23:24 *marg. Ezekiel 20:32, Ezekiel 21:21 *marg. Micah 5:11-14; Zechariah 13:2

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