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Amos 5:5

Amos 5:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

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Beersheba: ;

Gilgal: There is a paronomasia here, both on the letters and words: hag gilgal galoh yigleh oovaith el yiheyeh leawen: "Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el (the house of God) shall come to nought," or Aven, i.e., Beth-aven, the house of iniquity.

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