Deuteronomy 12:4

You are not to worship the Lord your God in the way that they did.

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In The King James Version

Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

In Context

3Tear down their altars, knock down their idolatrous pillars, burn down their Asherah poles, and cut down the idols of their gods. Remove any trace of them from everywhere.

5No, you must go to the place the Lord your God will choose from the territory of all your tribes where he will live with you. That's where you must go.

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:23Don't follow the practices of the nations I'm expelling for you. I detested them because they did all these evil things.

Deuteronomy 16:21Don't ever set up a wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you build for the Lord your God,

Joshua 22:15After they arrived they told the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 12:2-5

Relics of Idolatry to Be Destroyed. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. 2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye… Read the whole commentary →

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