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Deuteronomy 32:38 Cross-References

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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...

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