1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 sn The content of the verse is shocking: that God would “give” bad decrees. This probably does not refer to the Mosaic law but to the practices of the Canaanites who were left in the land in order to test Israel. See Judg 2:20-23, the note on “decrees” in v. 25, and the note on “pass through the fire” in v. 26. 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 sn This verse echoes the content of 1 Sam 8:20. 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76