Ezekiel 20:8

20:8 But they rebelled against me, and refused to listen to me; no one got rid of their detestable idols, ¹  nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt. Then I decided to pour out ²  my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 17:7

17:7 So they must no longer offer ³  their sacrifices to the goat demons, ⁴  acting like prostitutes by going after them. ⁵  This is to be a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations. ⁶ 

Deuteronomy 29:16

The Results of Disobedience

29:16 “(For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we crossed through the nations as we traveled.

Joshua 24:14

24:14 Now ⁷  obey ⁸  the Lord and worship ⁹  him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors ¹⁰  worshiped ¹¹  beyond the Euphrates ¹²  and in Egypt and worship ¹³  the Lord.

¹ tn Heb “each one, the detestable things of their eyes did not throw away.”

² tn Heb “and I said/thought to pour out.”

³ tn Heb “sacrifice.” This has been translated as “offer” for stylistic reasons to avoid the redundancy of “sacrifice their sacrifices.”

⁴ tn On “goat demons” of the desert regions see the note on Lev 16:8.

⁵ tn Heb “which they are committing harlotry after them.”

⁶ tn Heb “for your generations.”

⁷ sn Joshua quotes the Lord’s words in vv. 2b-13 (note that the Lord speaks in the first person in these verses); in vv. 14-15 Joshua himself exhorts the people (note the third person references to the Lord).

⁸ tn Heb “fear.”

⁹ tn Or “and serve.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “your fathers.”

¹¹ tn Or “served.”

¹² tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity; see v. 3.

¹³ tn Or “and serve.”