Deuteronomy 12:4
What does Deuteronomy 12:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 12:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Do not so to the Lord your God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Ye do not do so to Jehovah your God;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752You shall not do so to the Lord your God:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah yourGod;
Context
v.3and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.
v.4This passage
v.5But unto the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 20:23
And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
- Deuteronomy 16:21
Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
- Deuteronomy 12:30
take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
- Deuteronomy 20:18
that they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so would ye sin against Jehovah your God.
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