Deuteronomy 20:18
lest peradventure they teach you to do all the abominations, which they have wrought to their gods, and ye do sin against your Lord God.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- לָמַדlâmadproperly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
- תּוֹעֵבַהtôwʻêbahproperly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatr
- חָטָאchâṭâʼproperly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, la
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of God
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Deu 12:30–31, Exo 23:33, Eph 5:11, 2Co 6:17, Exo 34:16, Deu 7:4–5, 1Co 15:33, Psa 106:34–40