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Deuteronomy 20:18

Deuteronomy chapter 20 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.17but thou shalt utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;

v.18This passage

v.19When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of thee?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 23:13

    know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:17

    Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,

  • Psalms 106:34

    They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,

  • Deuteronomy 7:4

    For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:33

    Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

  • Deuteronomy 18:19

    And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.