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43 No; you took along the tent of Moloch
    and the star of your god Rephan,
        the images that you made to worship;
so I will remove you beyond Babylon.’

44 “Our ancestors had the tent of testimony in the wilderness, as God[a] directed when he spoke to Moses, ordering him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.(A) 45 Our ancestors in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the peoples whom God drove out before our ancestors. And it was there until the time of David,(B)

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  1. 7.44 Gk he

43 You have taken up the tabernacle of Molek
    and the star of your god Rephan,
    the idols you made to worship.
Therefore I will send you into exile’[a](A) beyond Babylon.

44 “Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the covenant law(B) with them in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.(C) 45 After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them.(D) It remained in the land until the time of David,(E)

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  1. Acts 7:43 Amos 5:25-27 (see Septuagint)