Evidence of this is found at Hosea 11: 1 - 4, where we read: “When Israel was a boy, then I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.... To the Baal images they took up sacrificing, and to the graven images they began making sacrificial smoke.
Seda näitab tekst Hoosea 11: 1 – 4, kus on kirjas: „Kui Iisrael oli noor, siis ma armastasin teda ja ma kutsusin oma poja Egiptusest!... nad... ohverdasid baalidele ja suitsutasid nikerdatud kujudele!