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Deuteronomy 12:4
Deuteronomy 12:4 is verse 4 of Deuteronomy chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.
King James Version
Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
World English Bible
You shall not do so to Yahweh your God.
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Deuteronomy 12:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
3 Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
4 You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.
5 Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
6 To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 12:30be 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.”
Deuteronomy 12:31You 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.
Deuteronomy 16:21Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
Deuteronomy 16:22and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.
Deuteronomy 20:18so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.
Leviticus 20:23You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.