Deuteronomy 18:9

9 When you enter the land that God, your God, is giving you, don't take on the abominable ways of life of the nations there.

Deuteronomy 18:9 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 18:9

When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth
thee
The land of Canaan, often thus described, to express the goodness of God in bestowing it on them, as a mere favour of his, without any desert of theirs; and so typical of the heavenly Canaan, or eternal life, which is the free gift of God through Christ:

thou shall not learn to do after the abominations of these nations;
the seven nations which before inhabited it; they might learn, as Jarchi observes, to know how corrupt their works were, and to show to their children, that they might not do so; but they were not to learn them so as to practise them, but to have them in the utmost abhorrence, as being abominable to God, and which should be so to them; some of which are as follow.

Deuteronomy 18:9 In-Context

7 he may serve there in the name of God along with all his brother Levites who are present and serving in the Presence of God.
8 And he will get an equal share to eat, even though he has money from the sale of his parents' possessions.
9 When you enter the land that God, your God, is giving you, don't take on the abominable ways of life of the nations there.
10 Don't you dare sacrifice your son or daughter in the fire. Don't practice divination, sorcery, fortunetelling, witchery,
11 casting spells, holding séances, or channeling with the dead.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.