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1 83upon the horses, upon the asses,upon the camels, upon the herds,and upon the flocks : there shallbe a very grievous murrain ."Against Reshpu and Qetesh,gods of storm and battleEx . 9 :22, 23 °' And Jehovah saidunto Moses, Stretch forth thy1- and toward heaven, that theremay be hail in all the land ofEgypt, upon man, and upon beast,and upon every herb of the field,throughout the land of Egypt . AndMoses stretched forth his rod towardheaven : and Jehovah sentthunder and hail, and fire randown unto the earth ; and JehovahEgyptrained. "hail upon the land ofAgainst Thoth, god of the moonEx . 10:21-23 "And Jehovah said, .into Moses, Stretch out thyhand toward heaven, that theremay be darkness over the landof Egypt, even darkness whichmay be felt . And Moses stretchedforth his hand toward heaven ;and there was a thick darknessin all the land of Egypt threedays ; they saw not one another,neither rose any one from hispace for three days : but all thechildren of Israel had light intheir dwellings."See also "Animal Worship" .Brotherhood or Compromise withFalse Worshipers in PromisedLand Was Forbidden God's OwnChosen People IsraelDeut. 7 :1-6, 16, 25, 26 "WhenJehovah thy God shall bring theeinto the land whither thou goestto possess it, and shall cast outmany nations before thee . . . . thusshall ye deal with them : ye shallbreak down their altars, and dashin pieces their pillars, and hewdown their Asherim, and burntheir graven images with fire . Forthou art a holy people unto Jehovahthy God : Jehovah thy Godhath chosen thee to be a peoplefor his own possession, above allpeoples that are upon the face ofInterfaiththe earth . And thou shalt consumeall the peoples that Jehovahthy God shall deliver unto thee :thine eye shall not pity them :neither shalt thou serve theirgods ; for that will be a snareunto thee . The graven images oftheir gods shall ye burn withfire : thou shalt not covet thesilver or the gold that is on them,nor take it unto thee, lest thoube snared therein ; for it is anabomination to Jehovah thy God .And thou shalt not bring anabomination into thy house, andbecome a devoted thing like untoit : thou shalt utterly detest it,and thou shalt utterly abhor it ;for it is a devoted thing ."Interfaith Led to DisasterAmong IsraelitesJudg. 2 :1-3 "I made you to goup out of Egypt, and have broughtyou unto the land which I swareunto your fathers ; and I said, Iwill never break my covenant withyou : and ye shall make no covenantwith the inhabitants of thisland ; ye shall break down theiraltars . But ye have not hearkenedunto my voice : why have ye donethis? Wherefore I also said, Iwill not drive them out from beforeyou ; but they shall be asthorns in your sides, and theirgods shall be a snare unto you ."Israel's Wisest Human KingBrought Religious Peace toOwn Household Through Interfaith,but Failed in Peacewith God1 Ki . 11 :1-11 "Now king Solomonloved many foreign women,. . .And he had seven hundredwives, princesses, and three hundredconcubines ; and his wivesturned away his heart. For itcame to pass, when Solomon wasold, that his wives turned awayhis heart after other gods ; andhis heart was not perfect withJehovah his God, as was theheart of David his father. ForSolomon went after Ashtoreth thegoddess of the Sidonians, and af-