Amos 5:25
“House of Israel, was it sacrifices and grain offerings that you presented to Me during the 40 years in the wilderness?
Acts 7:42-43
Then God turned away
40 years in the wilderness?
Joshua 24:14
“Therefore, fear the Lord and worship Him in sincerity and truth.
Nehemiah 9:18
for themselves and said,
“This is your God who brought you out of Egypt,”
and they had committed terrible blasphemies,
Nehemiah 9:21
and they lacked nothing.
Their clothes did not wear out,
and their feet did not swell.
Leviticus 17:7
They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat-demons
Deuteronomy 32:17-19
to gods they had not known,
new gods that had just arrived,
which your fathers did not fear.
Isaiah 43:23-24
or honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings
or wearied you with incense.
Ezekiel 20:8
“But they rebelled against Me and were unwilling to listen to Me. None of them threw away the detestable things that were before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I considered pouring out My wrath on them,
Ezekiel 20:16
because they rejected My ordinances, profaned My Sabbaths, and did not follow My statutes. For their hearts went after their idols.
Ezekiel 20:24
For they did not practice My ordinances but rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed
Hosea 9:9-10
as in the days of Gibeah.
He will remember their guilt;
He will punish their sins.
Zechariah 7:5
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these 70 years, did you really fast for Me?
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to gods they had not known,
new gods that had just arrived,
which your fathers did not fear.
for themselves and said,
“This is your God who brought you out of Egypt,”
and they had committed terrible blasphemies,
or honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings
or wearied you with incense.
as in the days of Gibeah.
He will remember their guilt;
He will punish their sins.
40 years in the wilderness?