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What do we learn from "Lo Yidrechu"?

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Radak citing Midrash Shmuel 11:5: We find that Yisrael were more stringent about (they showed more than honor to) idolatry than Nochrim were. It says about Yisrael "Kol ha'Doleg 1 Al ha'Miftan" (Tzefanyah 1:9).

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Malbim: They thought that the victorious god was on the Miftan, and there [Dagon] bowed to it, therefore they honored the place.


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Kli Yakar (Lani'ado): I.e. even the Kohanim would walk over it, just they would not step on the Miftan. Yisrael would not even walk over it; they would jump over it.

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