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Deuteronomy 12:30

be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”

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ASV

take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhi.Sha.mertake heedH8104 →
לְךָ֗le.Khato yourself
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435 →
תִּנָּקֵשׁ֙ti.na.Keshyou should be ensnaredH5367 →
אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם'a.cha.rei.Hemafter themH310 →
אַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
הִשָּׁמְדָ֣םhi.sha.me.Damhave been destroyed theyH8045 →
מִפָּנֶ֑יךָmi.pa.Nei.khafrom before youH6440 →
וּפֶן־u.fen-and lestH6435 →
תִּדְרֹ֨שׁtid.Roshyou should enquireH1875 →
לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶ֜םle.lo.hei.Hemof gods theirH430 →
לֵאמֹ֨רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
אֵיכָ֨ה'ei.Khahhow?H349 →
יַעַבְד֜וּya.'av.Dudo they serveH5647 →
הַגּוֹיִ֤םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471 →
הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ha.'E.leh<the> theseH428 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם'e.Lo.hei.Hemgods theirH430 →
וְאֶעֱשֶׂה־ve.'e.'e.seh-so I may doH6213 →
כֵּ֖ןkenthusH3651 →
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
אָֽנִי׃'A.niIH589 →

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Ezekiel 20:32When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.Jeremiah 10:2This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.Exodus 23:31–33And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.Psalms 106:34–38They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,Ezekiel 20:28When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.Deuteronomy 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.Ephesians 4:17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.Exodus 23:33They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”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.Numbers 33:52you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.2 Kings 17:15They 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.1 Peter 4:3–4For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.Judges 2:2–3and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.2 Kings 16:10Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.

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