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Deuteronomy 17:3

and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—

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ASV

and hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,

KJV

And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּ֗לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he has goneH1980 →
וַֽיַּעֲבֹד֙vai.ya.'a.Vodand he has servedH5647 →
אֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430 →
אֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimotherH312 →
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּvai.yish.Ta.chuand he has bowed downH7812 →
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemto <the> them
וְלַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ׀ve.la.She.meshand to the sunH8121 →
א֣וֹ'oorH176 →
לַיָּרֵ֗חַlai.ya.Re.achto the moonH3394 →
א֛וֹ'oorH176 →
לְכָל־le.kholto allH3605 →
צְבָ֥אtze.Va'[the] host ofH6635 →
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
צִוִּֽיתִי׃tzi.Vi.tiI have commandedH6680 →

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2 Chronicles 33:3For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.Acts 7:42But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?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.Joshua 10:12On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”Job 31:26if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,Deuteronomy 4:19When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.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.Jeremiah 7:22–23For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,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.Job 31:26–27if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,Ezekiel 8:16So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.2 Kings 21:3For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.Jeremiah 8:2They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.Leviticus 10:1Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.Genesis 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

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