Deuteronomy 12:29-32
Lexham English Bible
29 “When Yahweh your God has cut off the nations whom you are about to go to,[a] to dispossess them before you,[b] and you have dispossessed them, and you live in their land, 30 take care[c] so that you are not ensnared into imitating them[d] after their being destroyed from before you,[e] and so that you not enquire concerning their gods, saying,[f] ‘How did these nations serve their gods, and thus I myself[g] want to do also.’ 31 You must not do so toward Yahweh your God, because of every detestable thing they have done for their gods Yahweh hates, for even their sons and their daughters they would burn in the fire to their gods. 32 [h] All of the things[i] that I am commanding you, you must diligently observe;[j] you shall not add to it, and you shall not take away from it.”
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- Deuteronomy 12:29 Literally “about to go to there”
- Deuteronomy 12:29 Literally “from the face of you”
- Deuteronomy 12:30 Literally “Watch for yourself”
- Deuteronomy 12:30 Literally “after them”
- Deuteronomy 12:30 Literally “from the face of you”
- Deuteronomy 12:30 Literally “to say”
- Deuteronomy 12:30 Emphatic use of the pronoun
- Deuteronomy 12:32 Deuteronomy 12:32–13:18 in the English Bible is 13:1–19 in the Hebrew Bible
- Deuteronomy 12:32 Hebrew “thing”
- Deuteronomy 12:32 Literally “you must observe to do it”
Deuteronomy 12:29-32
Holman Christian Standard Bible
29 “When the Lord your God annihilates the nations before you,(A) which you are entering to take possession of,(B) and you drive them out and live in their land, 30 be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, ‘How did these nations worship their gods? I’ll also do the same.’ 31 You must not do the same to the Lord your God, because they practice every detestable thing, which the Lord hates, for their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods. 32 [a]You must be careful to do everything I command you; do not add anything to it or take anything away from it.(C)
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- Deuteronomy 12:32 Dt 13:1 in Hb
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