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They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.’
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Verse 7. Devils. Hebrew schirim: which some translate goats, (the hairy ones,) satyrs, and so forth The Egyptians adored the goat, (which they represented like the god Pan) particularly in the territory of Mendes, near which the Hebrews had dwelt. Its worship was very abominable and obscene. Strabo xvii. Calmet.—Ezechiel (16:22) intimates that the Hebrews were given to idolatry in Egypt. They had also recently adored the calf. Bible.
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