Amos 5:25

New Century Version

“People of Israel, you did not bring me sacrifices and offerings while you traveled in the desert for forty years.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:18

Our ancestors even made an idol of a calf for themselves. They said, ‘This is your god, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’ They spoke against you.

Nehemiah 9:21

You took care of them for forty years in the desert; they needed nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.

Ezekiel 20:16

This was because they rejected my laws and did not follow my rules. They dishonored my Sabbaths and wanted to worship their idols.

Ezekiel 20:24

because they had not obeyed my laws. They had rejected my rules and dishonored my Sabbaths and worshiped the idols of their parents.

Ezekiel 20:8

“ ‘But they turned against me and refused to listen to me. They did not throw away the hateful idols which they saw and liked; they did not give up the idols of Egypt. Then I decided to pour out my anger against them while they were still in Egypt.

Leviticus 17:7

They must not offer any more sacrifices to their goat idols, which they have chased like prostitutes. These rules will continue for people from now on.’

Zechariah 7:5

“Tell the priests and the people in the land: ‘For seventy years you fasted and cried in the fifth and seventh months, but that was not really for me.

Joshua 24:14

Then Joshua said to the people, “Now respect the Lord and serve him fully and sincerely. Throw away the gods that your ancestors worshiped on the other side of the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord.