Deuteronomy 32:17
Context32:17 They sacrificed to demons, not God,
to gods they had not known;
to new gods who had recently come along,
gods your ancestors 1 had not known about.
Deuteronomy 1:8
Context1:8 Look! I have already given the land to you. 2 Go, occupy the territory that I, 3 the Lord, promised 4 to give to your ancestors 5 Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants.” 6


[32:17] 1 tn Heb “your fathers.”
[1:8] 2 tn Heb “I have placed before you the land.”
[1:8] 3 tn Heb “the
[1:8] 4 tn Heb “swore” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). This refers to God’s promise, made by solemn oath, to give the patriarchs the land.
[1:8] 5 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 11, 21, 35).