Deuteronomy 29:26
Good News Translation
They served other gods that they had never worshiped before, gods that the LORD had forbidden them to worship.

New Revised Standard Version
They turned and served other gods, worshiping them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them;

Contemporary English Version
and decided to worship gods that had never helped them. The LORD had forbidden Israel to worship these gods,

New American Bible
and they went and served other gods and bowed down to them, gods whom they did not know and whom he had not apportioned to them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they have served strange gods, and adored them, whom they knew not, and for whom they had not been assigned:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they have served strange gods, and adored them, whom they knew not, and for whom they had not been assigned:

they went

Judges 2:12,13 And they left the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt: and they followed strange gods, and the gods of the people that dwelt round about them, and they adored them: and they provoked the Lord to anger, . . .

Judges 5:8 The Lord chose new wars, and he himself overthrew the gates of the enemies: a shield and spear was not seen among forty thousand of Israel.

2 Kings 17:7-18 For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord, their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharao, king of Egypt; and they worshipped strange gods. . . .

2 Chronicles 36:12-17 And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God, and did not reverence the face of Jeremias the prophet speaking to him from the mouth of the Lord. . . .

Jeremiah 19:3-13 And thou shalt say: Hear the word of the Lord, O ye kings of Juda, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold I will bring an affliction upon this place: so that whosoever shall hear it, his ears shall tingle: . . .

Jeremiah 44:2-6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: You have seen all this evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Juda: and behold they are desolate this day, and there is not an inhabitant in them: . . .

gods whom

Deuteronomy 28:64 The Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the farthest parts of the earth to the ends thereof: and there thou shalt serve strange gods, which both thou art ignorant of and thy fathers, wood and stone.

whom he had, etc.

Context
The Covenant in Moab
25And they shall answer: Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, which he made with their fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt: 26And they have served strange gods, and adored them, whom they knew not, and for whom they had not been assigned:27Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this volume:…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:64
The Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the farthest parts of the earth to the ends thereof: and there thou shalt serve strange gods, which both thou art ignorant of and thy fathers, wood and stone.

Deuteronomy 29:25
And they shall answer: Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, which he made with their fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt:

Deuteronomy 29:27
Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this volume:

2 Kings 22:17
Because they have forsaken me, and have sacrificed to strange gods, provoking me by all the works of their hands: therefore my indignation shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

Jeremiah 16:11
Thou shalt say to them: Because your fathers forsook me, saith the Lord: and went after strange gods, and served them, and adored them: and they forsook me, and kept not my law.

Jeremiah 44:3
Because of the wickedness which they have committed, to provoke me to wrath, and to go and offer sacrifice, and worship other gods, which neither they, nor you, nor your fathers knew.

Deuteronomy 29:25
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