Deuteronomy 18:9

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8He shall receive the same portion of food that the rest do: besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers.

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,

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:30Keep my commandments. Do not the things which they have done, that have been before you, and be not defiled therein. I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 12:30Beware lest thou imitate them, after they are destroyed at thy coming in, and lest thou seek after their ceremonies, saying: As these nations have worshipped their gods, so will I also worship.

Deuteronomy 20:18Lest they teach you to do all the abominations which they have done to their gods: and you should sin against the Lord your God.

2 Kings 17:11And they burnt incense there upon altars after the manner of the nations which the Lord had removed from their face: and they did wicked things, provoking the Lord.

2 Chronicles 36:14Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people wickedly transgressed according to all the abominations of the Gentiles: and they defiled the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 18:2-9

Maintenance of the Levites. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance. 2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. 3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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