Deuteronomy 32:16-17

The Song of Moses

16 t They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods;
with abominations they provoked him to anger.
17 u They sacrificed to demons that were no gods,
to gods they had never known,
to v new gods that had come recently,
whom your fathers had never dreaded.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 78:58
    For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols.
    Numbers 25:11
    Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in my jealousy.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 106:37
    They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.
    1 Corinthians 10:20
    No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons.
  3. Cross References
    Judges 5:8
    When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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