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 In these verses, the Levites continue to praise Yahweh in the presence of the people of Israel.
 
-# you ... did not abandon them
-
-Yahweh did not abandon the Israelites.
-
 # cast a calf out of molten metal
 
 melted metal and molded it in the shape of a calf