You shall not do so to Yahweh your God.
Parallel translations
- KJV Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
- BSB You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.
- NKJV You shall not worship the Lord your God with such things.
- NASB You shall not act this way toward the Lord your God.
- NLT “Do not worship the Lord your God in the way these pagan peoples worship their gods.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Lev 20:23You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
- Deut 20:18that they not teach you to follow all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.
- Deut 16:21–22You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside Yahweh your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves.
- Deut 12:30–31be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before you; and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
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