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Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three years. <a href="/nlt/amos/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Go ahead and offer sacrifices to the idols at Bethel. Keep on disobeying at Gilgal. Offer sacrifices each morning, and bring your tithes every three days. <a href="/esv/amos/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> “Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days; <a href="/bsb/amos/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days. <a href="/kjv/amos/4.htm">King James Bible</a> Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: <a href="/nkjv/amos/4.htm">New King James Version</a> “Come to Bethel and transgress, At Gilgal multiply transgression; Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days. <a href="/nasb_/amos/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Enter Bethel and do wrong; In Gilgal multiply wrongdoing! Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days. <a href="/nasb/amos/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Enter Bethel and transgress; In Gilgal multiply transgression! Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days. <a href="/nasb77/amos/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Enter Bethel and transgress; In Gilgal multiply transgression! Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days. <a href="/lsb/amos/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Enter Bethel and transgress; In Gilgal multiply transgression! Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days. <a href="/amp/amos/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Come to Bethel [where the golden calf is] and transgress; In Gilgal [where idols are worshiped] multiply transgression; Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days! <a href="/csb/amos/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Come to Bethel and rebel; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tenths every three days. <a href="/hcsb/amos/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Come to Bethel and rebel; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tenths every three days. <a href="/asv/amos/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> Come to Beth-el, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes every three days; <a href="/cev/amos/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Come to Bethel and Gilgal. Sin all you want! Offer sacrifices the next morning and bring a tenth of your crops on the third day. <a href="/erv/amos/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> Come to Beth-el, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes every three days; <a href="/gwt/amos/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Go to Bethel and sin. Go to Gilgal and sin even more. Bring your sacrifices every morning. Bring a tenth of your income every three days. <a href="/gnt/amos/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> The Sovereign LORD says, "People of Israel, go to the holy place in Bethel and sin, if you must! Go to Gilgal and sin with all your might! Go ahead and bring animals to be sacrificed morning after morning, and bring your tithes every third day. <a href="/isv/amos/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Come to Bethel and sin, to Gilgal and sin even more! Bring along your morning sacrifices, and pay your tithes every other day. <a href="/msb/amos/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days. <a href="/net/amos/4.htm">NET Bible</a> "Go to Bethel and rebel! At Gilgal rebel some more! Bring your sacrifices in the morning, your tithes on the third day! <a href="/nheb/amos/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days, <a href="/wbt/amos/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Come to Beth-el and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: <a href="/web/amos/4.htm">World English Bible</a> “Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/amos/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “Enter Beth-El, and transgress, "" At Gilgal multiply transgression, "" And bring in your sacrifices every morning, "" Your tithes every third year. <a href="/ylt/amos/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Enter ye Beth-El, and transgress, At Gilgal multiply transgression, And bring in every morning your sacrifices, Every third year your tithes. <a href="/slt/amos/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Come to the house of God and transgress: at Gilgal multiply to transgress; and bring your sacrifices for the morning, your tenths for three days:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/amos/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Come ye to Bethel, and do wickedly: to Galgal, and multiply transgressions: and bring in the morning your victims, your tithes in three days. <a href="/cpdv/amos/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Come to Bethel and behave impiously, to Gilgal and increase betrayals. And bring daybreak to your victims, your tithes in three days. <a href="/nabre/amos/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Come to Bethel and sin, to Gilgal and sin all the more! Each morning bring your sacrifices, every third day your tithes; <a href="/nrsvce/amos/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Come to Bethel—and transgress; to Gilgal—and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/amos/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Come to Beth-el and transgress; go to Gilgal and multiply transgressions; and bring your sacrifices every morning and your tithes every third day, <a href="/hpbt/amos/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Enter into Bayth Eil and do evil and multiply doing evil into Galgala; bring your offerings at morning, and your tithes in three days<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/amos/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Come to Beth-el, and transgress, To Gilgal, and multiply transgression; And bring your sacrifices in the morning, And your tithes after three days; <a href="/sep/amos/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Ye went into Bethel, and sinned, and ye multiplied sin at Galgala; and ye brought your meat-offerings in the morning, and your tithes every third day. <a href="/parallel/amos/4-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=559" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/amos/4.htm">Punishment Brings No Repentance</a> …3You will go out through broken walls, each one straight ahead of her, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,” declares the LORD. 4<a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bō·’ū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">“Go</a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: ḇêṯ- (Prep) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1008.htm" title="1008: ’êl (N-proper-fs) -- From bayith and 'el; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine.">to Bethel</a> <a href="/hebrew/6586.htm" title="6586: ū·p̄iš·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To rebel, transgress. A primitive root; to break away, i.e. Trespass, apostatize, quarrel.">and transgress;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6586.htm" title="6586: lip̄·šō·a‘ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To rebel, transgress. A primitive root; to break away, i.e. Trespass, apostatize, quarrel.">rebel</a> <a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: har·bū (V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase.">even more</a> <a href="/hebrew/1537.htm" title="1537: hag·gil·gāl (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- Circle (of stones), the name of several places in Pal. The same as gilgal; Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine.">at Gilgal!</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wə·hā·ḇî·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">Bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: ziḇ·ḥê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">your sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrew/1242.htm" title="1242: lab·bō·qer (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Morn- ing. From baqar; properly, dawn; generally, morning.">every morning,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4643.htm" title="4643: ma‘·śə·rō·ṯê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Tenth part, tithe. Or maasar; and feminine maasrah; from asar; a tenth; especially a tithe.">your tithes</a> <a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: liš·lō·šeṯ (Prep-l:: Number-msc) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">every three</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days.</a> 5Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Hosea 4:15</a> Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’ <a href="/hosea/9-15.htm">Hosea 9:15</a> All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious. <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-15</a> “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ... <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9-10</a> Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, / and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’? <a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Jeremiah 7:21-23</a> This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! / For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. <a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a> With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a> But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. <a href="/isaiah/58-1.htm">Isaiah 58:1-5</a> “Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins. / For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.” / “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. ... <a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. <a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-9</a> Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ / You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.” ... <a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a> Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former. <a href="/matthew/15-7.htm">Matthew 15:7-9</a> You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: / ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’” <a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a> Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men. <a href="/1_corinthians/11-17.htm">1 Corinthians 11:17-22</a> In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good. / First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. / And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved. ... <a href="/hebrews/10-26.htm">Hebrews 10:26-31</a> If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, / but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. / Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:Come.<a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14</a> That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.<a href="/ecclesiastes/11-9.htm">Ecclesiastes 11:9</a> Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.<a href="/ezekiel/20-39.htm">Ezekiel 20:39</a> As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.at Gilgal<a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Amos 5:5</a> But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.<a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Hosea 4:15</a> Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.<a href="/hosea/9-15.htm">Hosea 9:15</a> All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.and bring.<a href="/numbers/28-3.htm">Numbers 28:3,4</a> And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering… and your.<a href="/deuteronomy/14-28.htm">Deuteronomy 14:28,29</a> At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: … <a href="/deuteronomy/26-12.htm">Deuteronomy 26:12</a> When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;three years.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Bethel</a> <a href="/joel/3-2.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/amos/3-6.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Gilgal</a> <a href="/hosea/8-11.htm">Increasing</a> <a href="/joel/2-2.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/hosea/12-1.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/joel/2-14.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-38.htm">Tenths</a> <a href="/hosea/6-2.htm">Third</a> <a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Three</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-12.htm">Tithes</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-38.htm">Transgress</a> <a href="/daniel/9-24.htm">Transgression</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Bethel</a> <a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/amos/5-10.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Gilgal</a> <a href="/mark/4-8.htm">Increasing</a> <a href="/amos/4-13.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/nahum/3-15.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/amos/4-5.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/amos/5-25.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/amos/7-8.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">Tenths</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-3.htm">Third</a> <a href="/amos/4-7.htm">Three</a> <a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">Tithes</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-11.htm">Transgress</a> <a href="/micah/1-5.htm">Transgression</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 4</div>1. <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">He reproves Israel for oppression,</a> 4. <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">for idolatry,</a> 6. <a href="/amos/4-6.htm">and for their incorrigibleness.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Bethel was a significant religious site in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, often associated with idolatry and false worship. It was one of the two locations where Jeroboam I set up golden calves (<a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-29</a>). The phrase is a sarcastic command, highlighting the people's hypocrisy in worship. Bethel, meaning "house of God," ironically became a place of sin, contrasting its intended purpose. This reflects the broader theme of Israel's unfaithfulness to God.rebel even more at Gilgal! Gilgal was another important religious site, initially a place of consecration and renewal (<a href="/joshua/4-19.htm">Joshua 4:19-24</a>). Over time, it became associated with idolatrous practices (<a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Hosea 4:15</a>). The call to "rebel even more" underscores the increasing severity of Israel's disobedience. The mention of Gilgal serves as a reminder of how places once dedicated to God can become centers of rebellion when the people's hearts turn away from Him.Bring your sacrifices every morning, The Israelites were commanded to offer sacrifices as part of their covenant relationship with God (<a href="/leviticus/6-8.htm">Leviticus 6:8-13</a>). However, the emphasis here is on the frequency and ritualistic nature of their offerings, suggesting that their worship had become routine and insincere. This critique aligns with other prophetic messages condemning empty religious practices (<a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-15</a>). The focus on morning sacrifices highlights the people's attempt to appear devout while their hearts remained far from God.your tithes every three days. Tithing was an essential aspect of Israelite worship, intended to support the Levites and the needy (<a href="/deuteronomy/14-28.htm">Deuteronomy 14:28-29</a>). The mention of bringing tithes "every three days" exaggerates the frequency, pointing to the people's misguided belief that increased offerings could compensate for their disobedience. This reflects a misunderstanding of the true nature of worship, which God desires to be heartfelt and obedient (<a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a>). The critique here is that ritual without righteousness is meaningless.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a> A prophet from the southern kingdom of Judah, called by God to deliver a message of judgment to the northern kingdom of Israel. His ministry focused on social justice and true worship. 2. <a href="/topical/b/bethel.htm">Bethel</a> A significant religious site in the northern kingdom of Israel, often associated with idolatrous worship practices. It was one of the two main centers of worship established by Jeroboam I to prevent Israelites from going to Jerusalem. 3. <a href="/topical/g/gilgal.htm">Gilgal</a> Another important religious site in Israel, known for its historical significance but also for becoming a center of idolatry and false worship during the time of Amos. 4. <a href="/topical/s/sacrifices_and_tithes.htm">Sacrifices and Tithes</a> Religious practices commanded by God in the Law of Moses, intended to be acts of worship and obedience. In Amos's time, these had become empty rituals devoid of true devotion. 5. <a href="/topical/t/transgressions.htm">Transgressions</a> Refers to the sins and rebellious acts of the Israelites, particularly their idolatry and social injustices, which Amos repeatedly condemns.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/true_worship_vs._empty_rituals.htm">True Worship vs. Empty Rituals</a> God desires genuine worship from the heart, not mere outward rituals. Our religious practices should reflect a sincere relationship with God. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> Idolatry can take many forms, including the elevation of religious practices above a true relationship with God. We must guard against anything that takes God's rightful place in our lives. <a href="/topical/s/social_justice_and_righteousness.htm">Social Justice and Righteousness</a> Amos emphasizes that true worship includes justice and righteousness. Our faith should lead us to act justly and love mercy in our communities. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_return.htm">Repentance and Return</a> The call to "go to Bethel and transgress" is ironic, highlighting the need for repentance. We must recognize our sins and turn back to God with sincere hearts. <a href="/topical/c/consistency_in_faith.htm">Consistency in Faith</a> Regular religious practices, like sacrifices and tithes, should be consistent with a life of faith and obedience. Our daily lives should reflect our commitment to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 4</a> <a href="/q/what's_gilgal's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What is Gilgal's significance in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_hosea_9_15_show_god's_love.htm">In Hosea 9:15, how do we reconcile an “all-loving” God with the statement that God hates His people in Gilgal?</a> <a href="/q/how_accurate_is_israel's_fall_to_sodom's.htm">Amos 4:11 - How accurate is the parallel between Israel's downfall and God's earlier destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_leviticus_5_and_hebrews_10_4_align.htm">How do interpreters reconcile Leviticus 5's focus on sacrifices with Hebrews 10:4 declaring it impossible for animal blood to remove sins?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) Bethel . . . Gilgal.--In bitterly ironical words the prophet summons Israel to the calf-worship of Bethel, and to similar rites of bastard Jehovah-worship at Gilgal. These spots were full of sacred associations. The sarcastic force of the passage is lost in E.V. For "three years" read every three days. The law only required a tithe every third year (<a href="/deuteronomy/26-12.htm" title="When you have made an end of tithing all the tithes of your increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within your gates, and be filled;">Deuteronomy 26:12</a>); but here the prophet is lashing the people with hyperbolical irony for their excessive generosity to the base priests and spurious sanctuaries.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - The prophet now turns to Israel, and ironically bids them exhibit their zeal for idolatry, and thus increase their guilt. Bethel; as the chief seat of idol worship (<a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Amos 3:14</a>). At Gilgal; rather, to Gilgal, "come ye" being repeated in thought. Gilgal was a strong position in the plain of Jordan, three miles east of Jericho, taking its name probably from the stone circles erected for purposes of worship in very early times. Joshua (<a href="/joshua/5-9.htm">Joshua 5:9</a>) gave a new meaning to the old name. There is a large pool of water in this neighbourhood called Jil-julieh, about four miles from the Jordan, which is doubtless a corruption of the ancient name Gilgal. It seems to have been regarded as a holy place in Samuel's days or even before (see <a href="/judges/3-19.htm">Judges 3:19</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/7-16.htm">1 Samuel 7:16</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/10-8.htm">1 Samuel 10:8</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/11-14.htm">1 Samuel 11:14</a>, etc.; 1 Samuel 13:8, etc.); and later was appropriated to false worship, though we have no information as to the date of this declension. Gilgal and Bethel are associated together in idolatrous worship (<a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Amos 5:5</a> and in <a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Hosea 4:15</a>; <a href="/hosea/9-15.htm">Hosea 9:15</a>; <a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Hosea 12:11</a>). Bring your sacrifices every morning. They were careful to maintain the outward semblance of the regular Levitical worship, even beyond the letter of the Law in some respects, though their service was all the time idolatry. As this and the following clause are still ironical, Amos is speaking, not of the daily-prescribed sacrifice (olah, <a href="/numbers/28-3.htm">Numbers 28:3</a>), but of the offerings (zebach) of individual Israelites which were not required to be presented every day. Your tithes after three years; literally, on the three of days; lishlosheth yamim; Vulgate, tribus diebus; Septuagint, εἰς τριημερίαν, "every third day." Revised Version, "every three days." So Gesenius, Ewald, Keil, Schegg, Hitzig, Baur. The prophet bids them bring their tithes, not as the Law ordered, every year (<a href="/leviticus/27-30.htm">Leviticus 27:30</a>), or, as in the case of the second tithe, every three years (<a href="/deuteronomy/14-28.htm">Deuteronomy 14:28</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/26-12.htm">Deuteronomy 26:12</a>), but, by an ironical exaggeration, "every three days." Dr. Pusey defends the English Version on the ground of the idiomatic use of "days" for one circle of days, i.e. a year (<a href="/leviticus/25-29.htm">Leviticus 25:29</a>; <a href="/judges/17-10.htm">Judges 17:10</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/27-7.htm">1 Samuel 27:7</a>). But this loses the irony which is so marked in the whole passage. Keil, "If ye would offer slain sacrifices every morning, and tithe every three days, ye would only thereby increase your apostasy from the living God." <a href="/commentaries/amos/4-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“Go בֹּ֤אוּ (bō·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to Bethel אֵל֙ (’êl) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1008.htm">Strong's 1008: </a> Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah and transgress; וּפִשְׁע֔וּ (ū·p̄iš·‘ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6586.htm">Strong's 6586: </a> To break away, trespass, apostatize, quarrel rebel לִפְשֹׁ֑עַ (lip̄·šō·a‘) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6586.htm">Strong's 6586: </a> To break away, trespass, apostatize, quarrel even more הַרְבּ֣וּ (har·bū) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7235.htm">Strong's 7235: </a> To be or become much, many or great at Gilgal! הַגִּלְגָּ֖ל (hag·gil·gāl) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> Gilgal -- 'circle (of stones)', the name of several places in Palestine Bring וְהָבִ֤יאוּ (wə·hā·ḇî·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go your sacrifices זִבְחֵיכֶ֔ם (ziḇ·ḥê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice every morning, לַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ (lab·bō·qer) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1242.htm">Strong's 1242: </a> Dawn, morning your tithes מַעְשְׂרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃ (ma‘·śə·rō·ṯê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4643.htm">Strong's 4643: </a> Tenth part, tithe every three לִשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת (liš·lō·šeṯ) Preposition-l | Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> Three, third, thrice days. יָמִ֖ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 4:4 Go to Bethel and sin (Amo. 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