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Deuteronomy 29:26

They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.

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ASV

and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that he had not given unto them:

KJV

For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּלְכ֗וּvai.ye.le.Khuand they wentH1980 →
וַיַּֽעַבְדוּ֙vai.ya.'av.Duand they servedH5647 →
אֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430 →
אֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimotherH312 →
וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.Vuand they bowed downH7812 →
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemto <the> them
אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimgodsH430 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יְדָע֔וּםye.da.'Umthey had known themH3045 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
חָלַ֖קcha.Lakhe had assignedH2505 →
לָהֶֽם׃la.Hemto <the> them

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Jeremiah 44:3because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.2 Chronicles 36:12–17And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.Jeremiah 44:2–6“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolationJudges 2:12–13Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,2 Kings 17:7–18All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other godsJeremiah 19:3–13saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring,Judges 5:8When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.Deuteronomy 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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