But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away and bow down toa other gods and serve them,
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Or, “worship”
“bow down.” The common biblical way of bowing down before people or God was to fall to one’s knees and bow the upper body to the earth. It is the same Hebrew word as “worship.”
[For more on bowing down, see commentary on 1 Chronicles 29:20.]