9When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.


In Context

6 If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he is living, and comes in all earnestness to the place the Lord will choose,

7 he may minister in the name of the Lord his God like all his fellow Levites who serve there in the presence of the Lord .

8 He is to share equally in their benefits, even though he has received money from the sale of family possessions.

9 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to 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, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,

11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.

Deuteronomy 18:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:9When 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:9When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee, beware lest thou have a mind to imitate the abominations of those nations.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:9When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:9When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:9When 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:9When 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:9When you are come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:9'When thou art coming in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:9When you are come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.