Ye shall not go after other gods, etc.] only states explicitly what is implicit in the preceding verses. As it is superfluous and introduces the Pl. form into a Sg. context, it may be confidently regarded as an editorial addition. Other gods, specially characteristic of D and deuteronomic passages in the Hexateuch, occurs some 20 times; for go after other godssee Deuteronomy 8:19; Deuteronomy 11:28; Deuteronomy 13:2; Deuteronomy 28:14, etc.

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