Deuteronomy 18:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ “When you come into the land which יהוה  your Elohim is giving you, do not learn to do according to the abominations of those gentiles.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ When you come into the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of these nations.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

Common English Bible

⁹ Once you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, don’t try to imitate the detestable things those nations do.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ When you will have entered into the land which the Lord your God will give to you, be careful that you are not willing to imitate the abominations of those nations.

Deuteronomy 18:9 Cross References

2 Kings 17:11

and burned incense there on all the high places, like the gentiles whom יהוה  had removed from their presence. And they did evil matters to provoke יהוה,

2 Kings 17:8

and walked in the laws of the gentiles whom יהוה  had dispossessed from before the children of Yisra’ĕ

2 Chronicles 28:3

And he himself burned incense in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the gentiles whom יהוה  dispossessed from before the children of Yisra’ĕ

2 Chronicles 36:14

Also, all the heads of the priests and the people trespassed more and more, according to all the abominations of the gentiles, and they defiled the House of יהוה  which He had set apart in Yerushalayim.

Jeremiah 10:2

Thus said יהוה, “Do not learn the way of the gentiles, and do not be awed by the signs of the heavens, for the gentiles are awed by them.

Leviticus 18:30

‘And you shall guard My Charge, so as not to do any of these abominable practices which were done before you, so as not to defile yourselves by them. I am יהוה  your Elohim.’ ”

Deuteronomy 20:18

lest they teach you to do according to all their abominations which they have done for their mighty ones, and you sin against יהוה  your Elohim.

Deuteronomy 9:4

“Do not think in your heart, after יהוה  your Elohim has driven them out before you, saying, ‘Because of my righteousness יהוה  has brought me in to possess this land.’ But it is because of the wrong of these nations that יהוה  is driving them out from before you.

Deuteronomy 9:5

“It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wrong of these nations that יהוה  your Elohim drives them out from before you, in order to establish the word which יהוה  swore to your fathers, to Aḇ