Deuteronomy 18:9

Abominable Practices

9 "When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, 1you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations.

Deuteronomy 18:9 In-Context

7 and ministers in the name of the LORD his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand to minister there before the LORD,
8 then he may have equal portions to eat, besides what he receives from the sale of his patrimony.
9 "When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations.
10 There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer
11 or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead,

Cross References 1

  • 1. Deuteronomy 12:29-31; See Leviticus 18:26-30
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