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.


In Context

6 If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he lives as a foreigner, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which Yahweh shall choose;

7 then he shall minister in the name of Yahweh his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Yahweh.

8 They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.

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

10 There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

11 or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:9When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.

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 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.