Lux Domini
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

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Interpretation

Ephraim became a merchant: the word also signifies a Canaanite. They carried on trade upon Canaanitish principles, covetously and with fraud and deceit.

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This thought runs through Hosea 12:11-14.

Glossary

Gilead Place
Biblical region. Modern identification: Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh.
Gilgal Place
Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet el Mefjir.