Deuteronomy 12:30

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• הִשָּׁ֣מֶרtake heed

  hishamerH8104 →468 times

• לְךָ֗to yourself

  lekha

• פֶּן־lest

  pen-H6435 →133 times

• תִּנָּקֵשׁ֙you should be ensnared

  tinakeshH5367 →

• אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔םafter them

  ʾachareihemH310 →715 times

• אַחֲרֵ֖יafter

  ʾachareiH310 →715 times

• הִשָּׁמְדָ֣םhave been destroyed they

  hishamedamH8045 →90 times

• מִפָּנֶ֑יךָfrom before you

  mipaneikhaH6440 →2123 times

• וּפֶן־and lest

  ufen-H6435 →133 times

• תִּדְרֹ֨שׁyou should enquire

  tidroshH1875 →164 times

• לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶ֜םof gods their

  leloheihemH430 →2601 times

• לֵאמֹ֨ר<to> saying

  lemorH559 →5305 times

• אֵיכָ֨הhow?

  ʾeikhahH349 →82 times

• יַעַבְד֜וּdo they serve

  yaavduH5647 →288 times

• הַגּוֹיִ֤םthe nations

  hagoyimH1471 →561 times

• הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙<the> these

  haelehH428 →746 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔םgods their

  ʾeloheihemH430 →2601 times

• וְאֶעֱשֶׂה־so I may do

  veeeseh-H6213 →2628 times

• כֵּ֖ןthus

  kenH3651 →771 times

• גַּם־also

  gam-H1571 →769 times

• אָֽנִי׃I

  ʾaniH589 →874 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Jeremiah 10:2

  This 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.

  it leads to

  • Leviticus 20:23

    You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

  • Leviticus 18:3

    You 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.…

  • Luke 21:25–28

    There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.

  • Ezekiel 20:32

    When 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.

  • Deuteronomy 12:30–31

    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.”

• Through

  Ezekiel 20:28

  When 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…

  it leads to

  • Ezekiel 6:13

    Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy…

• Through

  Ezekiel 20:32

  When 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.

  it leads to

  • Ezekiel 11:5

    And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know…

  • Jeremiah 44:17

    Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials…