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Deuteronomy 32:17

They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.

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ASV

They sacrificed unto demons, which were no God, To gods that they knew not, To new gods that came up of late, Which your fathers dreaded not.

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.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יִזְבְּח֗וּyiz.be.Chuthey sacrificedH2076 →
לַשֵּׁדִים֙la.she.Dimto the demonsH7700 →
לֹ֣אlo'[which] notH3808 →
אֱלֹ֔הַ'e.Lo.ha[are] GodH433 →
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430 →
לֹ֣אlo'[which] notH3808 →
יְדָע֑וּםye.da.'Umthey had known themH3045 →
חֲדָשִׁים֙cha.da.Shimnew [gods]H2319 →
מִקָּרֹ֣בmi.ka.Ro[which] from nearH7138 →
בָּ֔אוּBa.'uthey had comeH935 →
לֹ֥אlo'[which] notH3808 →
שְׂעָר֖וּםse.'a.Rumthey had known about themH8175 →
אֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃'a.vo.tei.Khemancestors yourH1 →

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Psalms 106:37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.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.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.Leviticus 17:7They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’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.Isaiah 65:11But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,Psalms 106:37–38They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,Deuteronomy 32:21They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.Isaiah 44:8Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”2 Chronicles 11:15And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.Psalms 106:28They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.1 Corinthians 10:19–20Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?Jeremiah 10:15They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.1 Corinthians 8:4So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.Revelation 9:20Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.2 Chronicles 13:9But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.Jeremiah 7:9Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

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