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10 Then he said to Tamar, “Now bring me the food again here in my bedroom and feed it to me.” So Tamar took it to him. 11 But as she was standing there before him, he grabbed her and demanded, “Come to bed with me, my darling.”

12 “Oh, Amnon,” she cried. “Don’t be foolish! Don’t do this to me! You know what a serious crime it is in Israel.[a]

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  1. 2 Samuel 13:12 You know what a serious crime it is in Israel, literally, “No such thing ought to be done in Israel; do not this folly.”

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