Deuteronomy 12:30

take heed to thyself that thou seek not to follow them after they are destroyed before thee, saying, How do these nations act towards their gods? I will do likewise.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

In Context

29And if the Lord thy God shall utterly destroy the nations, to whom thou goest in thither to inherit their land, from before thee, and thou shalt inherit it, and dwell in their land;

31Thou shalt not do so to thy God; for they have sacrificed + 12:31 Gr. in, or, among.to their gods the abominations of the Lord which he hates, for they burn their sons and their daughters in fire to their gods.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:24Thou shalt not worship their gods, nor serve them: thou shalt not do according to their works, but shalt utterly destroy them, and break to pieces their pillars.

Leviticus 18:3Ye shall not do according to the devices of Egypt, in which ye dwelt: and according to the devices of the land of Chanaan, into which I bring you, ye shall not do; and ye shall not walk in their ordinances.

Numbers 33:52And ye shall destroy all that dwell in the land before your face, and ye shall abolish their high places, and all their molten images ye shall destroy, and ye shall demolish all their pillars.

Deuteronomy 11:16take heed to thyself that thy heart be not + 11:16 Gr. made broad.puffed up, and ye transgress, and serve other gods, and worship them:

Deuteronomy 20:18that they may not teach you to do all their abominations, which they did to their gods, and so ye should sin before the Lord your God.

2 Kings 16:10And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians at Damascus; and he saw + 16:10 Or, the altar.an altar at Damascus. And king Achaz sent to Urias the priest the pattern of the altar, and its proportions, and all its workmanship.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 12:6-32

Where Sacrifices Must Be Offered; Ceremonial Observances; Cautions Against Idolatrous Rites. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 7 And there ye… Read the whole commentary →

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