2 “Command the sons of Israel, and you must say to them, ‘YOU should take care to present to me my offering, my bread,+ for my offerings made by fire as a restful odor to me,+ at their appointed times.’*+
23 And he began to sacrifice to the gods+ of Damascus+ that were striking him, and he went on to say: “Because the gods of the kings of Syria are helping them,+ to them I shall sacrifice, that they may help+ me.” And they themselves became to him a cause for making him and all Israel stumble.+