Deuteronomy 18:12

Easy To Read Version

The Lord your God hates people doing those things. That is why he is forcing those other nations out of this country for you.

Cross References

2 Kings 23:24

Josiah destroyed the mediums, [304] wizards, [305] the house gods, the idols, [306] and all the horrible things people worshiped in Judah and Jerusalem. Josiah did this to obey the Law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the Lord’s temple. [307]

Ezekiel 31:11

So I let a powerful king have that tree. That ruler punished the tree for the bad things it did. I took that tree out of my garden.

Leviticus 18:24

“Don’t make yourself unclean [331] with any of those wrong things! I am throwing nations out of their countries and giving their land to you! Why? Because those people did those terrible sins!

Leviticus 18:25

They made the land filthy [332] ! Now the land {is sick of those things}! And the land is vomiting out the people who lived there!

Leviticus 18:27

The people who lived in the land before you did all those terrible things. So the land became filthy [333] !

Deuteronomy 14:27

But don’t forget the Levites [93] living in your town. {Share your food with them} because they don’t have a share of the land like you have.

Deuteronomy 22:5

“A woman must not wear men’s clothes. And a man must not wear women’s clothes. That is very disgusting to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 9:4

“The Lord your God will force those nations out for you. But don’t say to yourselves, ‘The Lord brought us to live in this land because we are such good people!’ {That is not the reason!} The Lord forced those nations out because they were evil—{not because you were good}.

Deuteronomy 9:5

You are going in to take their land, but not because you are good and live right. You are going in, and the Lord your God is forcing those people out because of the evil way they lived. And the Lord wants to keep the promise he made to your ancestors [57] —Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.