Deuteronomy 12:4

World English Bible (2000)

You shall not do so to Yahweh your God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 20:23 : 23 You 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 12:30-31 : 30 take heed to yourself that you not be 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." 31 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God: for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.
  • Deut 16:21-22 : 21 You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make for yourselves. 22 Neither shall you set yourself up a pillar; which Yahweh your God hates.
  • Deut 20:18 : 18 that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.

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    30 take heed to yourself that you not be 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."

    31 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God: for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.

  • Exod 23:24
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    24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.

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    4 "'Don't turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.

  • Deut 12:2-3
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    2 You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree:

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    14 You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you;

  • Exod 34:13-15
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    13 but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherim;

    14 for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

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  • Deut 16:21-22
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    21 You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make for yourselves.

    22 Neither shall you set yourself up a pillar; which Yahweh your God hates.

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    17 "You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.

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    12 and they served idols, of which Yahweh had said to them, "You shall not do this thing."

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    1 "'You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am Yahweh your God.

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    2 and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.' But you have not listened to my voice: why have you done this?

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    3 "You shall have no other gods before me.

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    2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.

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    32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

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    25 You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

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    18 that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.

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    35 with whom Yahweh had made a covenant, and commanded them, saying, "You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;

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    23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make you an engraved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.

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    9 There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

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    7 "You shall have no other gods before me.

    8 "You shall not make an engraved image for yourself, [nor] any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

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    7 that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;

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    5 But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces, and cut down their Asherim, and burn their engraved images with fire.

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    13 Take heed to yourself that you don't offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;

  • Lev 22:24
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    24 That which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut, you shall not offer to Yahweh; neither shall you do thus in your land.

  • Deut 6:16
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    16 You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

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    28 There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

  • Deut 18:9
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    9 When you are come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

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    5 But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you shall seek, and there you shall come;

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    23 You shall most certainly not make alongside of me gods of silver, or gods of gold for yourselves.

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    5 There you shall build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones: you shall lift up no iron [tool] on them.

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    15 Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no kind of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.

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    25 When you shall father children, and children's children, and you shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make an engraved image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, to provoke him to anger;

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