Amos 5:5

Seek the Lord and Live

5 But do not seek d Bethel,
Nor enter Gilgal,
Nor pass over to e Beersheba;
For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
And f Bethel shall come to nothing.

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 12:28
    Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!
    1 Kings 12:29
    And he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
    Amos 4:4
    Come to Bethel and transgress, At Gilgal multiply transgression; Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 21:31 - 33
    Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
    Amos 8:14
    Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, Who say, 'As your god lives, O Dan!' And, 'As the way of Beersheba lives!' They shall fall and never rise again.
  3. Cross References
    Hosea 4:15
    Though you, Israel, play the harlot, Let not Judah offend. Do not come up to Gilgal, Nor go up to Beth Aven, Nor swear an oath, saying, 'As the LORD lives' -
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