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If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
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Verse 11. Idol. That is, if Galaad, with all its idols and sacrifices, be like a mere idol itself, being brought to nothing by Theglathphalassar, how vain is it to expect that the idols worshipped in Galgal shall be of any service to the tribes that remain. Challoner.—Will these idols be more powerful? Septuagint copies vary. Rom. ed. has Galaad, and Comp. Galgal in both places. But that of Saint Jerome and of Theodoret is better.—Heaps of stones. They are in ruins, or very numerous: ( Calmet.) yet have not secured the country. Bible.
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