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Deuteronomy 29:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:) "

Deuteronomy 29:17

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15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:

16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;

17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)

18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

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Deuteronomy 27:15

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"Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen."

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Deuteronomy 28:36

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"The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone."

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Ezekiel 20:32

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"And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone."

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Amos 5:26

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"But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves."

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2 Kings 17:12

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"For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing."

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2 Kings 19:18

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"And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them."

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From This Chapter

Deuteronomy 29:1

"These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb."

Deuteronomy 29:2

"And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;"

Deuteronomy 29:3

"The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:"

Deuteronomy 29:4

"Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day."

Deuteronomy 29:5

"And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot."

Deuteronomy 29:6

"Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God."

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