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The Lord God has sworn by his very self—
    an oracle of the Lord, the God of hosts:
I abhor the pride of Jacob,
    I hate his strongholds,
    and I will hand over the city with everything in it;(A)
Should there remain ten people
    in a single house, these shall die.
10 When a relative or one who prepares the body picks up the remains
    to carry them out of the house,
If he says to someone in the recesses of the house,
    “Is anyone with you?” and the answer is, “No one,”
Then he shall say, “Silence!”
    for no one must mention the name of the Lord.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:10 In this desperate situation there seems to be a profound fear of the Lord, who is the cause of the deaths (cf. 3:6).