Deuteronomy 12:29-32
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Warning Against Idolatry
29 “When (A)the Lord your God cuts off before you the nations whom you go in to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, 30 take care (B)that you be not ensnared to follow them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods?—that I also may do the same.’ 31 (C)You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way, for every (D)abominable thing that the Lord hates they have done for their gods, for (E)they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.
32 [a] “Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. (F)You shall not add to it or take from it.
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- Deuteronomy 12:32 Ch 13:1 in Hebrew
Deuteronomy 12:29-32
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Warning against Idolatry
29 “When the Lord your God has cut off before you the nations whom you are about to enter to dispossess them, when you have dispossessed them and live in their land, 30 take care that you are not snared into imitating them, after they have been destroyed before you; do not inquire concerning their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I also want to do the same.’ 31 You must not do the same for the Lord your God, because every abhorrent thing that the Lord hates they have done for their gods. They would even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.(A) 32 [a]You must diligently observe everything that I command you; do not add to it or take anything from it.(B)
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- 12.32 13.1 in Heb
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