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Yahweh is talking about Judah and Israel.
may Judah not become guilty
God knows how sinful Israel has become and does not want Judah to do the same thing.
Do not go to Gilgal, you people; do not go up to Beth Aven
The people of Judah are being warned not to go to the cities of Gilgal or Beth Aven to worship idols in those places. Gilgal was once a place where Yahweh had been worshiped, but it had become a place of idol worship.
Beth Aven
This was a city on the border between the northern kingdom of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin in the southern kingdom. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)