Catholic Public Domain Version
"When you will have entered into the land which the Lord your God will give to you, be careful that you are not willing to imitate the abominations of those nations. "
— Deuteronomy 18:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“When 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.”
“When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. ”
“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.”
“Provision for Prophetism When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.”
“When 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.”
“When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, do not take as your example the disgusting ways of those nations.”
“When 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.”
If a Levite departs from one of the cities, throughout all of Israel, in which he lives, and if he wills and desires to go to the place which the Lord will choose,
he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as do all his brothers, the Levites, who will be standing at that time in the sight of the Lord.
He shall receive the same portion of food as the rest also receive, besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers.
When you will have entered into the land which the Lord your God will give to you, be careful that you are not willing to imitate the abominations of those nations.
Do not let there be found among you one who would purify his son or daughter by leading them through fire, nor one who consults seers, nor one who observes dreams or omens. Do not let there be found among you one who practices the occult,
nor one who uses spells, nor one who consults demonic spirits, nor a diviner, nor one who seeks the truth from the dead.
For the Lord abominates all these things. And, because of these wicked ways, he will destroy them at your arrival.