For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
They went and served other gods and worshipped them—gods they had never known before, gods that God had not given to them.
This verse explains that the people turned away from God to worship foreign gods they had no relationship with, gods that weren't meant for them.
📚 Historical Context
This verse appears in Moses' final speech to the Israelites before they entered the Promised Land, where he warned them about the consequences of abandoning God for idol worship. The Israelites were about to enter Canaan, a land filled with nations that worshipped many different gods, creating a strong temptation to adopt these foreign religious practices. Moses was reminding them that their covenant relationship was exclusively with the one true God who had delivered them from Egypt.
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