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Psalms 78:55–58

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He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
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From verse 55

  1. Joshua 13:7Rank 1 from verse 55
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    7Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

  2. Psalms 44:2Rank 2 from verse 55
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    2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

  3. Nehemiah 9:22–25Rank 3 from verse 55
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    22Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

    23Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

    24So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

    25And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

  4. Deuteronomy 6:10–12Rank 4 from verse 55
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    10And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

    11And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

    12Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

  5. Joshua 6:1–21Rank 5 from verse 55
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    1NOW Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

    2And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.

    3And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

    4And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

    5And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

    6¶ And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord.

    7And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the Lord.

    8¶ And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the Lord, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them.

    9¶ And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

    10And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.

    11So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

    12¶ And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

    13And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the Lord, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

    14And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.

    15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

    16And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the Lord hath given you the city.

    17¶ And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

    18And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

    19But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.

    20So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

    21And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

From verse 56

  1. Judges 2:11–12Rank 1 from verse 56
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    11¶ And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:

    12And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.

  2. 2 Kings 17:7–23Rank 2 from verse 56
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    7For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

    8And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

    9And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

    10And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:

    11And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger:

    12For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

    13Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

    14Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God.

    15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.

    16And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

    17And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

    18Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

    19Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

    20And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

    21For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Lord, and made them sin a great sin.

    22For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;

    23Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

  3. Deuteronomy 31:16–20Rank 3 from verse 56
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    16¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

    17Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

    18And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

    19Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

    20For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

  4. Deuteronomy 32:15–21Rank 4 from verse 56
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    15¶ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

    16They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

    17They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

    18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

    19And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

    20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

    21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

  5. Ezekiel 16:15–26Rank 5 from verse 56
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    15¶ But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.

    16And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

    17Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,

    18And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

    19My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord God.

    20Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,

    21That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?

    22And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.

    23And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord God;)

    24That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.

    25Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

    26Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.

From verse 57

  1. Hosea 7:16Rank 1 from verse 57
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    16They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

  2. Ezekiel 20:27–28Rank 2 from verse 57
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    27¶ Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

    28For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.

  3. Judges 3:5–7Rank 3 from verse 57
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    5¶ And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

    6And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

    7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

  4. Psalms 78:8Rank 4 from verse 57
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    8And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

  5. Judges 3:12Rank 5 from verse 57
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    12¶ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord.

From verse 58

  1. Deuteronomy 32:21Rank 1 from verse 58
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    21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

  2. Leviticus 26:30Rank 2 from verse 58
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    30And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

  3. 1 Corinthians 10:22Rank 3 from verse 58
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    22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

  4. 1 Kings 12:31Rank 4 from verse 58
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    31And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

  5. 1 Kings 11:7Rank 5 from verse 58
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    7Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

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Psalms 78:55

COMBINED MEANING

cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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heathen

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A Gentile or nation outside Israel; one associated with the worship of other gods.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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inheritance

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A possession, portion, or heritage received by descent, allotment, promise, or divine gift.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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line

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Sense 1: A cord, thread, rule, mark, or measured extent. Sense 2: By extension, an assigned sphere, course, reach, or ordered instruction.

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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tribes

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Bodies of people descended from common ancestors, especially the divisions of Israel.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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tents

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Portable shelters or dwellings; by association, the dwellings or encampment of a household or people.

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Psalms 78:56

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yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

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tempted

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of tempt. Sense 1: To try, test, put to the test. Sense 2: To entice toward evil.

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provoked

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of provoke, meaning to stir up or incite, whether to anger or to action.

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high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

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Psalms 78:57

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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turned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.

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back

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Sense 1: The rear part; a position or direction behind. Sense 2: A return to a former place or condition.

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dealt

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To deal: to distribute, allot, act toward another, or conduct a matter.

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like

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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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aside

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1. To or at one side; apart or away from a person, place, or company. 2. Away from a path, course, duty, allegiance, or subject. 3. Put apart, removed, discarded, or rejected.

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bow

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Sense 1: A weapon for shooting arrows. Sense 2: The bow set in the cloud as a covenant token. Sense 3: To bend or incline the head, knees, face, or body downward in reverence, respect, submission, or worship.

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Psalms 78:58

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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provoked

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of provoke, meaning to stir up or incite, whether to anger or to action.

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anger

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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.

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high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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places

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1. Physical locations or rooms. 2. Positions or offices. 3. Occasions, circumstances, or passages.

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moved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of move, meaning to change place; to stir, shake, prompt, influence, or set in action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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images

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Likenesses, representations, or visible forms; often idols when made or used as objects of worship.

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78:54And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

78:55He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

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78:56Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

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78:57But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

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78:58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

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78:59When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

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