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Deuteronomy 32:38

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Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
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  1. Ezekiel 16:18–19Rank 1 from verse 38
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    18And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

    19My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord God.

  2. Judges 10:14Rank 2 from verse 38
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    14Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

  3. Leviticus 21:21Rank 3 from verse 38
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    21No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

  4. Psalms 50:13Rank 4 from verse 38
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    13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

  5. Hosea 2:8Rank 5 from verse 38
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    8For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

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Deuteronomy 32:38

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fat

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1. The rich oily bodily substance of an animal. 2. Rich, fertile, abundant, prosperous, or flourishing. 3. Well-fed, plump, or full-bodied. 4. The richest or choicest part or produce of something. 5. Figuratively, dull, insensible, or hardened.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sacrifices

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Sense 1: Offerings presented to God. Sense 2: Acts of presenting such offerings or things devoted to God.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

drank

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Past-tense or past-participial form of drink (to take liquid into the mouth and swallow it).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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wine

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The produce of grapes or other fruit used as a drink.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rise

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To get up, stand, ascend, increase, begin, appear, come forth, awaken, proceed to act or oppose, attain authority, or return from the dead.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

help

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Sense 1: Aid, assistance, or relief. Sense 2: As a verb, to aid, assist, or support.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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37And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,

38Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.

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39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

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