Deuteronomy 29:26

Translations

Modern

They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.

Traditional

For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:

Literal

For they went and served other gods and worshiped them—gods that they did not know, that He had not apportioned to them—

Latin

…et servierunt diis alienis, et adoraverunt eos, quos nesciebant, et quibus non fuerant attributi:

Original

Hebrew

English

They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.

Notes

Deuteronomy 29:25–28

This explanation anticipates a future when people would look back at Israel’s history of rebellion and easily understand why they were in exile.

Deuteronomy 29:2–30:20

As Moses prepared to die, he spoke a farewell message to Israel. In this message, he briefly reviewed their history since they left Egypt.

He urged the nation to promise loyalty to the Lord. This part of Deuteronomy shows that grace (God’s undeserved favor) is not only a New Testament teaching. Grace is the foundation of the Lord’s relationship with Israel.

Theme notes and profiles

Ancient Law Codes God’s Covenants The Broken Covenant

Related verses

Judges 5:8
When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
2 Kings 17:7–18
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
Deuteronomy 28:64
Then 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 2:12–13
Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,
Jeremiah 19:3–13
…saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring,
2 Chronicles 36:12–17
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.
Jeremiah 44:2–6
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation

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