Deuteronomy 32:38
in Deuteronomy 32which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your protection.
KJV
Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 32
Commentary
3 notes on this verseWhich did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings,.... Alluding to the fat of the sacrifices under the law, which was claimed by the Lord as his, and represented as his food, Lev 3:11; and to the drink offerings of wine, which were of a sweet savour to God, and with respect to which wine is said to cheer him, Num 15:
This site's exposition
For the LORD will vindicate His people
on Deuteronomy 32:36-38
The turn comes here, when God sees “that their strength is gone”. Verses 37 and 38 then put the question to the gods that had been fed: “Let them rise up and help you”.
This site's exposition
which ate the fat of their sacrifices
John Gill notes that the fat of sacrifices and the wine of drink offerings were claimed by the LORD at Leviticus 3:11 and Numbers 15. Israel had given His portion to gods that could eat nothing.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| חֵ֤לֶב | chelev | [the] fat of | H2459 → | 92 times |
| זְבָחֵ֙ימוֹ֙ | zevacheimov | sacrifices their | H2077 → | 162 times |
| יֹאכֵ֔לוּ | yokhelu | they ate | H398 → | 810 times |
| יִשְׁתּ֖וּ | yishtu | they drank | H8354 → | 217 times |
| יֵ֣ין | yein | [the] wine | H3196 → | 141 times |
| נְסִיכָ֑ם | nesikham | drink-offering their | H5257 → | |
| יָק֙וּמוּ֙ | yakumu | let them arise | H6965 → | 628 times |
| וְיַעְזְרֻכֶ֔ם | veya'zerukhem | and let them help you | H5826 → | |
| יְהִ֥י | yehi | let it be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם | ʾaleikhem | over you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| סִתְרָֽה׃ | sitrah | a shelter | H5643 → | 36 times |
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
חֵ֤לֶב[the] fat of
chelevH2459 →92 times
זְבָחֵ֙ימוֹ֙sacrifices their
zevacheimovH2077 →162 times
יֹאכֵ֔לוּthey ate
yokheluH398 →810 times
יִשְׁתּ֖וּthey drank
yishtuH8354 →217 times
יֵ֣ין[the] wine
yeinH3196 →141 times
נְסִיכָ֑םdrink-offering their
nesikhamH5257 →
יָק֙וּמוּ֙let them arise
yakumuH6965 →628 times
וְיַעְזְרֻכֶ֔םand let them help you
veya'zerukhemH5826 →
יְהִ֥יlet it be
yehiH1961 →3559 times
עֲלֵיכֶ֖םover you
ʾaleikhemH5921 →5755 times
סִתְרָֽה׃a shelter
sitrahH5643 →36 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hosea 2:8For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
it leads to
- Isaiah 1:3
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
- Ezekiel 16:16–19
You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!
- Hosea 8:4
They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.
- Isaiah 1:3
Through
Leviticus 21:21No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to…
it leads to
- Leviticus 21:6
They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be…
- Leviticus 21:17
“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
- Leviticus 21:6
Through
Judges 10:14Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 2:28
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O…
- Deuteronomy 32:37–38
He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
- Proverbs 1:25–27
because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
- Jeremiah 2:28
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.