Deuteronomy 13:13

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Certain men, worthless fellows, are gone out from among you, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known;

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Belial: that is, without yoke. Hence the wicked, who refuse to be subject to the divine law, are called in Scripture the sons of Belial. (Challoner) The devil is called Belial, or "an apostate, rebel "The word is also applied to Antichrist, to idols, and to those who are notoriously wicked. (St. Jerome in Nahum i., and Isaias xxvii.; 3 Kings xxi. 13.)

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Richard Challoner

AD 1781

Belial: That is, without yoke. Hence the wicked, who refuse to be subject to the divine law, are called in scripture the children of Belial.

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