Deuteronomy 12:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.”
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BSBPD
“You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`Ye do not do so to Jehovah your God;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 12:4 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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 16:21Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
- 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.
- Joshua 22:15They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,
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