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Deuteronomy 12:31

You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.

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ASV

Thou shalt not do so unto Jehovah thy God: for every abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.

KJV

Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
תַעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.Sehyou will doH6213 →
כֵ֔ןKhenthusH3651 →
לַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
כִּי֩kiforH3588 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
תּוֹעֲבַ֨תto.'a.Vat<the> abomination ofH8441 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
שָׂנֵ֗אsa.Ne'he hatesH8130 →
עָשׂוּ֙'a.Suthey have doneH6213 →
לֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔םle.Lo.hei.Hemto gods theirH430 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
גַ֤םgamalsoH1571 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בְּנֵיהֶם֙be.nei.Hemsons theirH1121 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
בְּנֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םbe.No.tei.Hemdaughters theirH1323 →
יִשְׂרְפ֥וּyis.re.Futhey burnH8313 →
בָאֵ֖שׁva.'Eshwith <the> fireH784 →
לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃Le.lo.hei.Hemto gods theirH430 →

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Jeremiah 19:5They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.2 Kings 3:27So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.Jeremiah 32:35They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.2 Kings 16:3Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.Deuteronomy 18:10Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,Deuteronomy 18:9–10When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.Jeremiah 7:31They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.2 Kings 17:15–17They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.2 Kings 21:2And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.Deuteronomy 9:5It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Deuteronomy 12:4You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.Leviticus 18:24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.Exodus 23:2You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.Leviticus 18:3You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.Psalms 74:20Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.Deuteronomy 16:22and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.Deuteronomy 9:4When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.Ezekiel 16:45You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

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