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Deuteronomy 32:38 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Deuteronomy 32:38 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Deuteronomy chapter 32 verse 38 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. your: Heb. an hiding for you”
Deuteronomy 32:38 (KJV)
Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:38
Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? (אֲשֶׁר חֵלֶב זְבָחֵימוֹ יֹאכֵלוּ יִשְׁתּוּ יֵין נְסִיכָם)—God's sarcasm intensifies: these gods consumed the choice portions (chelev, fat—the richest part reserved for deity) and received libations (nesekim, drink offerings). The irony is devastating—the gods didn't actually consume anything; priests and worshippers ate the sacrifices while imagining divine consumption.Let them rise up and help you, and be your protection (יָקוּמוּ וְיַעְזְרֻכֶם יְהִי עֲלֵיכֶם סִתְרָה)—yaqumu (rise up) mocks idols' immobil...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
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Cross-References for Deuteronomy 32:38
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“who has a blemish”
“Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.”
“or drink the blood of goats?”
“and covered them”
“for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him”
“the new wine”