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Deuteronomy 18:9
Deuteronomy 18:9 is verse 9 of Deuteronomy chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
King James Version
When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
World English Bible
When you have come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of those nations.
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Deuteronomy 18:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
7 then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
8 They shall eat equal portions, even though he has received money from the sale of his father’s estate.
9 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
11 casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 12:29When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,
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.
Leviticus 18:26But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.
Leviticus 18:27For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.
Leviticus 18:30You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”