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Anonymous adult hands finish small cast silver calf idol on period workbench, other handmade idols behind; no human sacrifice performed, victims, blood or literal kissing staged.
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Hosea 13:2

The Work of Craftsmen

The Forgotten Savior · Hosea 13

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2And now they keep on sinning: they make cast images for themselves from their silver, idols made according to their own skill—all of it the work of craftsmen. Of them they say, “Those who sacrifice human beings kiss calves.”

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