1The messenger of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, "I will bring you up from Egypt and I will bring you to the land which I swore to your fathers, and I said, 'I will not break my covenant with you forever.'"2And you shall not cut a covenant with the dwellers of this land; their altars you shall tear down. But you have not listened to my voice. What is this that you have done?3And also I said, 'I will not drive them out from before you, and they shall be sides to you, and their gods shall be a snare to you.'4And it was, when the messenger of the LORD spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people lifted their voice and wept.5They named that place Bochim, and they offered sacrifices there to the LORD.