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Regard it as vile and utterly detest it, for it is set apart for destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Do not bring any detestable objects into your home, for then you will be destroyed, just like them. You must utterly detest such things, for they are set apart for destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house and become devoted to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest and abhor it, for it is devoted to destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: <i>but</i> thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it <i>is</i> a cursed thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it, for it <i>is</i> an accursed thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you shall not bring an abomination into your house and become designated for destruction, like it; you are to utterly detest it, and you are to utterly loathe it, for it is something designated for destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and like it come under the ban; you shall utterly detest it and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is something banned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And you shall not bring an abomination into your house, and like it come under the ban; you shall utterly detest it and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is something banned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And you shall not bring an abomination into your house and become devoted to destruction like it; you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is devoted to destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You shall not bring an abomination (idol) into your house, and like it come under the ban (doomed to destruction); you shall utterly detest and you shall utterly hate it, for it is something banned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction like it. You are to abhor and detest it utterly because it is set apart for destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction like it. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and become a devoted thing like unto it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />so destroy it. If you bring it home with you, both you and your house will be destroyed. Stay away from those disgusting idols! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and thou shalt not bring an abomination into thine house, and become a devoted thing like unto it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Never bring a disgusting idol into your house. If you do, you and the idol will be destroyed. Consider it detestable and disgusting. It must be destroyed."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Do not bring any of these idols into your homes, or the same curse will be on you that is on them. You must hate and despise these idols, because they are under the LORD's curse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Don't bring any detestable thing to your house, because you yourself will be utterly destroyed along with these detestable things. You must absolutely abhor and detest all of it, because it has been devoted to destruction."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house and thereby become an object of divine wrath along with it. You must absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is an object of divine wrath. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou shouldst be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall not bring an abomination into your house and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it. You shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and you do not bring in an abomination to your house, or you have been devoted like it—you utterly detest it and you utterly abhor it; for it [is] devoted.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and thou dost not bring in an abomination unto thy house -- or thou hast been devoted like it; -- thou dost utterly detest it, and thou dost utterly abominate it; for it is devoted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt not bring an abomination to thy house, and thou be devoted to destruction like it: abhorring, thou shalt abhor it, and abominating, thou shalt abominate it, for it is devoted to destruction.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Neither shalt thou bring any thing of the idol into thy house, lest thou become an anathema, like it. Thou shalt detest it as dung, and shalt utterly abhor it as uncleanness and filth, because it is an anathema. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Neither shall you carry anything of the idol into your house, lest you become accursed, just as it also is. You shall detest it like dung, and you shall abominate it like defilement and filth, because it is an accursed thing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall not bring any abominable thing into your house, so as to be, like it, under the ban; loathe and abhor it utterly for it is under the ban.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Do not bring an abhorrent thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction like it. You must utterly detest and abhor it, for it is set apart for destruction.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be a cursed thing like it; but you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You shall not bring defilement to your house that you will not be accursed like it, but certainly reject it and certainly detest it, because it is a curse.” <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and be accursed like unto it; thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thine house, so shouldest thou be an accursed thing like it; thou shalt utterly hate it, and altogether abominate it, because it is an accursed thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=2455" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/7.htm">The Promises of God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">And you must not</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ṯā·ḇî (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: ṯō·w·‘ê·ḇāh (N-fs) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">any detestable thing</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bê·ṯe·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">your house,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yî·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">or you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: kā·mō·hū (Prep:: 3ms) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so.">like it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2764.htm" title="2764: ḥê·rem (N-ms) -- A net, a doomed object, extermination. Or cherem; from charam; physical a net; usually a doomed object; abstr. Extermination.">will be set apart for destruction.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8262.htm" title="8262: šaq·qêṣ (V-Piel-InfAbs) -- To detest, make detestable. A primitive root; to be filthy, i.e. to loathe, pollute.">You are to utterly detest</a> <a href="/hebrew/8262.htm" title="8262: tə·šaq·qə·ṣen·nū (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms:: 3mse) -- To detest, make detestable. A primitive root; to be filthy, i.e. to loathe, pollute."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8581.htm" title="8581: wə·ṯa·‘êḇ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-InfAbs) -- To abhor. A primitive root; to loathe, i.e. detest.">and abhor it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8581.htm" title="8581: tə·ṯa·‘ă·ḇen·nū (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms:: 3mse) -- To abhor. A primitive root; to loathe, i.e. detest."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/2764.htm" title="2764: ḥê·rem (N-ms) -- A net, a doomed object, extermination. Or cherem; from charam; physical a net; usually a doomed object; abstr. Extermination.">is set apart for destruction.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-30.htm">Leviticus 18:30</a></span><br />You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-7.htm">Leviticus 20:7</a></span><br />Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/6-18.htm">Joshua 6:18</a></span><br />But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-22.htm">Isaiah 30:22</a></span><br />So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a></span><br />“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-14.htm">1 Corinthians 10:14</a></span><br />Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-21.htm">1 John 5:21</a></span><br />Little children, keep yourselves from idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-24.htm">2 Kings 23:24</a></span><br />Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-7.htm">Ezekiel 20:7</a></span><br />And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-16.htm">1 Peter 1:16</a></span><br />for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-1.htm">2 Corinthians 7:1</a></span><br />Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-9.htm">Romans 12:9</a></span><br />Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-22.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:22</a></span><br />Abstain from every form of evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-4.htm">Revelation 18:4</a></span><br />Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/101-3.htm">Psalm 101:3</a></span><br />I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be a cursed thing like it: but you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.</p><p class="hdg">shalt</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Deuteronomy 13:17</a></b></br> And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/27-28.htm">Leviticus 27:28,29</a></b></br> Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, <i>both</i> of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing <i>is</i> most holy unto the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/6-17.htm">Joshua 6:17-24</a></b></br> And the city shall be accursed, <i>even</i> it, and all that <i>are</i> therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that <i>are</i> with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent… </p><p class="hdg">but thou shalt</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-20.htm">Isaiah 2:20</a></b></br> In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made <i>each one</i> for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-22.htm">Isaiah 30:22</a></b></br> Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Ezekiel 11:18</a></b></br> And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/26-44.htm">Abhor</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-25.htm">Abominable</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">Abominate</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-25.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/revelation/22-3.htm">Accursed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-41.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/39-13.htm">Ban</a> <a href="/ezra/10-8.htm">Banned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-6.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/numbers/24-9.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-24.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/numbers/21-5.htm">Detest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-25.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/numbers/21-2.htm">Devoted</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-13.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-15.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-8.htm">House</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-25.htm">Shouldst</a> <a href="/numbers/35-22.htm">Something</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-32.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-25.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/23-7.htm">Abhor</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-31.htm">Abominable</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-7.htm">Abominate</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-31.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-23.htm">Accursed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-8.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Ban</a> <a href="/ezra/10-8.htm">Banned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-26.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-19.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-7.htm">Detest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-31.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Devoted</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-31.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-28.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-14.htm">House</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-18.htm">Shouldst</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Something</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-15.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-19.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-12.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-1.htm">All communion with the nations is forbidden</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">for fear of idolatry,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">for the holiness of the people,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">for the nature of God in his mercy and justice,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-17.htm">and for the assuredness of victory which God will give over them.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "detestable thing" refers to idols or objects associated with pagan worship, which were common in Canaanite culture. The prohibition underscores the importance of maintaining spiritual purity and avoiding syncretism. This echoes the first and second commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-4</a>) and is a call to holiness, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/19-2.htm">Leviticus 19:2</a>.<p><b>or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction</b><br>The phrase "set apart for destruction" translates the Hebrew term "herem," which denotes something devoted to God for destruction. This reflects the principle of divine justice, where anything associated with idolatry is condemned. The warning serves as a reminder of the consequences of disobedience, paralleling the fate of Achan in <a href="/joshua/7.htm">Joshua 7</a>, who brought forbidden items into the Israelite camp, resulting in his destruction.<p><b>You are to utterly detest and abhor it</b><br>The strong language emphasizes the need for a complete rejection of idolatry. The terms "detest" and "abhor" indicate an intense aversion, aligning with God's view of sin. This reflects the call for the Israelites to love what God loves and hate what He hates, as seen in <a href="/psalms/97-10.htm">Psalm 97:10</a>. The command is a call to align one's heart with God's holiness.<p><b>because it is set apart for destruction</b><br>Reiterating the concept of "herem," this phrase underscores the irrevocable nature of God's judgment on idolatry. It serves as a warning and a call to vigilance in maintaining covenant faithfulness. The destruction of idolatrous objects prefigures the ultimate judgment against sin, pointing to the eschatological hope of a purified creation, as seen in <a href="/revelation/21-27.htm">Revelation 21:27</a>, where nothing impure will enter the New Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws and instructions to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, receiving the commandments as they prepare to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/detestable_things.htm">Detestable Things</a></b><br>Idols and objects associated with pagan worship, considered abominable by God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/destruction.htm">Destruction</a></b><br>The consequence of associating with or possessing detestable things, leading to being set apart for destruction.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_separation.htm">Holiness and Separation</a></b><br>God calls His people to be distinct and separate from the practices and objects of pagan cultures. This separation is a reflection of His holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_the_home.htm">Guarding the Home</a></b><br>Believers are to be vigilant about what they allow into their homes, ensuring that nothing detestable or contrary to God's commands is present.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The passage warns of the severe consequences of disobedience, emphasizing that association with detestable things leads to destruction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_discernment.htm">Spiritual Discernment</a></b><br>Christians are encouraged to develop discernment to recognize and reject anything that is spiritually harmful or contrary to God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_purity.htm">Commitment to Purity</a></b><br>The call to utterly detest and abhor detestable things is a call to a life of purity and devotion to God, avoiding anything that could lead to spiritual compromise.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_hacking.htm">What does the Bible say about being defiled?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_destroy_religious_objects_in_deut._7_5.htm">Why does Deuteronomy 7:5 require the destruction of religious objects, and is there any historical proof that such widespread destruction occurred?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_deut._7_1-2_allow_destruction.htm">If God is compassionate, how can Deuteronomy 7:1-2 condone the total destruction of other nations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_priests_pre-tabernacle_and_post-temple.htm">Deuteronomy 26:3 mentions going to the priest; who fulfilled this role before the Tabernacle or after the Temple's destruction, and does history support a continuous priestly lineage?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Cursed thing</span>; <span class="accented">a thing devoted</span> (<span class="hebrew">הֵרֶם</span>), either, as in this case, to destruction (comp. also <a href="/1_kings/20-42.htm">1 Kings 20:42</a>; <a href="/zechariah/14-11.htm">Zechariah 14:11</a>; Malachi 3:24; [Malachi 4:6]) or, as elsewhere, to God (<a href="/leviticus/27-21.htm">Leviticus 27:21</a>; <a href="/numbers/18-14.htm">Numbers 18:14</a>). <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And you must not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bring</span><br /><span class="heb">תָבִ֤יא</span> <span class="translit">(ṯā·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">any detestable thing</span><br /><span class="heb">תֽוֹעֵבָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(ṯō·w·‘ê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your house,</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּיתֶ֔ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(bê·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or you, like it, will be</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיִ֥יתָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">set apart for destruction.</span><br /><span class="heb">חֵ֖רֶם</span> <span class="translit">(ḥê·rem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2764.htm">Strong's 2764: </a> </span><span class="str2">A net, a doomed object, extermination</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You are to utterly detest</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׁקֵּ֧ץ ׀</span> <span class="translit">(šaq·qêṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8262.htm">Strong's 8262: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be filthy, to loathe, pollute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and abhor it,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתַעֵ֥ב ׀</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯa·‘êḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8581.htm">Strong's 8581: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loathe, detest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it</span><br /><span class="heb">הֽוּא׃</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is set apart for destruction.</span><br /><span class="heb">חֵ֥רֶם</span> <span class="translit">(ḥê·rem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2764.htm">Strong's 2764: </a> </span><span class="str2">A net, a doomed object, extermination</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Deuteronomy 7:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Deuteronomy 7:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Deuteronomy 7:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Deuteronomy 7:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Deuteronomy 7:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Deuteronomy 7:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Deuteronomy 7:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Deuteronomy 7:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Deuteronomy 7:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Deuteronomy 7:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 7:26 You shall not bring an abomination into (Deut. 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