5 Why do ye worship things that have no spirit in them? For they are the work of (men's) hands, And on your shoulders do ye bear them, And ye have no help from them, But they are a great cause of shame to those who make them, And a misleading of the heart to those who worship them: Worship them not.' (JUB) 6 And his father said unto him, I also know it, my son, but what shall I do with a people who have made me to serve before them? (JUB) 7 And if I tell them the truth, they will slay me; for their soul cleaves to them to worship them and honour them. (JUB)
Book of Jubilees 12:5–7
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