Deuteronomy 32:17 KJV
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
Matthew Henry
- The wickedness of IsraelHere are two instances of the wickedness of Israel, each was apostacy from God. These people were called Jeshurun, "an upright people,"so some; "a seeing...
Thompson Chains
- Devil WorshipLink 2 of 5 · next 2 Chronicles 11:15
- Idolatry (4)See the chain from Exodus 32:4 · 17 links
- False GodsSee the chain from 1 Chronicles 16:26 · 9 links
Cross References
- Judges 5:8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- Deuteronomy 28:64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
- Leviticus 17:7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
- Deuteronomy 32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
- Psalms 106:37–38 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, …
- Isaiah 44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
- Jeremiah 10:15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
- 1 Corinthians 8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
- 1 Corinthians 10:19–20 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? …
- 1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
- Revelation 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
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Topics
- Backsliders General scriptures concerning
- Death Death of Moses
- Demons Worship of
- Idolatry Denunciations against
- Instruction In religion
- Moab The law rehearsed in, by Moses
- Poetry Moses’ song
- Psalms Didactic songs composed by Moses, celebrating the providence, righteousness, and judgments of God
- Quotations and allusions In the new testament from, and to, the old testament
- Religion Moses
- Reproof Moses, of the Israelites
- Song Didactic
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
Strong’s Numbers
- They sacrificed זָבַח zâbach
- unto devils שֵׁד shêd
- not to God אֱלוֹהַּ ʼĕlôwahh
- to gods אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
- whom they knew יָדַע yâdaʻ
- not, to new חָדָשׁ châdâsh
- came בּוֹא bôwʼ
- newly קָרוֹב qârôwb
- up בּוֹא bôwʼ
- whom your fathers אָב ʼâb
- feared שָׂעַר sâʻar
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