And the people answered and said: Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah to serve other gods;

And they said to him, Why does my lord say these words? Far be it from us that your servants should do such a thing.

And he said, Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall be my slave. And as for you, go up in peace to your father.

Moreover, as for me, far be it from me to sin against Jehovah to cease to pray for you; for I have taught you the good and the right way.

But Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!

Let it not be! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?

Let it not be! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Let it not be!

If we have built ourselves an altar to turn from following Jehovah, or if to offer on it burnt offerings or grain offerings, or if to offer peace offerings on it, let Jehovah Himself exact it.

Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice,

Take heed to yourself that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;

but in the place which Jehovah chooses, in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I am commanding you.

But if you say to me, We have trusted in Jehovah our God, is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has removed, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall bow down before this altar in Jerusalem?

Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall bow down before one altar and burn incense on it?