Treasury of Scripture Knowledge When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee, beware lest thou have a mind to imitate the abominations of those nations. Deuteronomy 12:29-31 When the Lord thy God shall have destroyed before thy face the nations, which thou shalt go in to possess, and when thou shalt possess them, and dwell in their land: . . . Leviticus 18:26,27,30 Keep ye my ordinances and my judgments: and do not any of these abominations. Neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you. . . . Context Sorcery Forbidden9When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee, beware lest thou have a mind to imitate the abominations of those nations.10Neither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire: or that consulteth soothsayers, or observeth dreams and omens, neither let there be any wizard,… Cross References Deuteronomy 9:4 Say not in thy heart, when the Lord thy God shall have destroyed them in thy sight: For my justice hath the Lord brought me in to possess this land, whereas these nations are destroyed for their wickedness. Deuteronomy 9:5 For it is not for thy justices, and the uprightness of thy heart that thou shalt go in to possess their lands: but because they have done wickedly, they are destroyed at thy coming in: and that the Lord might accomplish his word, which he promised by oath to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 2 Kings 17:8 And they walked according to the way of the nations which the Lord had destroyed in the sight of the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel: because they had done in like manner. Lexicon Whenכִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction you אַתָּה֙ (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you enter בָּ֣א (bā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land the LORD יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative is giving you, נֹתֵ֣ן (nō·ṯên) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set do not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no imitate לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make the detestable ways כְּתוֹעֲבֹ֖ת (kə·ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇōṯ) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol of the nations הַגּוֹיִ֥ם (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts there. הָהֵֽם׃ (hā·hêm) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1992: They Additional Translations When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.When you are come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. And when thou shalt have entered into the land which the Lord thy God gives thee, thou shalt not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations. When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations. When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. When you are come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 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