Bible verse
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
Deuteronomy 18:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Deuteronomy 18.
5 For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time.
6 Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,
7 then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
8 They shall eat equal portions, even though he has received money from the sale of his father’s estate.
9 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
11 casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
12 For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.
13 You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
KJV
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.
ASV
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.
ERV
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.
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