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Ecclesiastes 4:17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Ecclesiastes 4:17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Vanity of Many Words. 17 (A)Guard your step when you go to the house of God.[a] Draw near for obedience, rather than for the fools’ offering of sacrifice; for they know not how to keep from doing evil.
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- 4:17 The house of God: the Temple in Jerusalem. Obedience…sacrifice: the Temple was the place not only for sacrifice but also for instruction in the Law. Sacrifice without obedience was unacceptable; cf. 1 Sm 15:22; Hos 6:6.
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