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It is because the other nations have done these detestable things that the LORD your God will drive them out ahead of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD. And because of these abominations the LORD your God is driving them out before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For all that do these things <i>are</i> an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For all who do these things <i>are</i> an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is going to drive them out before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh; and because of these abominations Yahweh your God will dispossess them from before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For everyone who does these things is utterly repulsive to the LORD; and because of these detestable practices the LORD your God is driving them out before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Everyone who does these acts is detestable to the LORD, and the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable acts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Everyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable things. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD is disgusted with anyone who does these things, and that's why he will help you destroy the nations that are in the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Whoever does these things is disgusting to the LORD. The LORD your God is forcing these nations out of your way because of their disgusting practices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD your God hates people who do these disgusting things, and that is why he is driving those nations out of the land as you advance. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Whoever practices these things is detestable to the LORD, and the LORD your God will expel them before you because of these things. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the LORD and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is about to drive them out from before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD. And because of these abominations the LORD your God is driving them out from before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For all that do these things are an abomination to the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh. Because of these abominations, Yahweh your God drives them out from before you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For everyone doing these [is] an abomination [to] YHWH, and because of these abominations your God YHWH is dispossessing them from your presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For the abomination of Jehovah is every one doing these, and because of these abominations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from thy presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For every one doing these things is an abomination to Jehovah And on account of these abominations, Jehovah thy God destroys them from thy face.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For the Lord abhorreth all these things, and for these abominations he will destroy them at thy coming. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For the Lord abominates all these things. And, because of these wicked ways, he will destroy them at your arrival.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Anyone who does such things is an abomination to the LORD, and because of such abominations the LORD, your God, is dispossessing them before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For whoever does these things is abhorrent to the LORD; it is because of such abhorrent practices that the LORD your God is driving them out before you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For whoever does these things is an abomination in the sight of the LORD your God; and because of these abominations the LORD your God is destroying them from before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because everyone whoever does these things is defiled before LORD JEHOVAH your God, and because of these detestable things LORD JEHOVAH your God destroys them from before you.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto the LORD; and because of these abominations the LORD thy God is driving them out from before thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For every one that does these things is an abomination to the Lord thy God; for because of these abominations the Lord will destroy them from before thy face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/18-12.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=5151" 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/18.htm">Sorcery Forbidden</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">For whoever</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śêh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">does</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these things</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇaṯ (N-fsc) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">is detestable</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1558.htm" title="1558: ū·ḇiḡ·lal (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc) -- An account. From galal; a circumstance; only used adverbially, on account of.">And because</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: hā·’êl·leh (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">of these</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: hat·tō·w·‘ê·ḇōṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">detestable things,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: mō·w·rîš (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">is driving out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pā·ne·ḵā (Prep-m:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">the nations before you.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>You must be blameless before the LORD your God.…<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/19-31.htm">Leviticus 19:31</a></span><br />You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-6.htm">Leviticus 20:6</a></span><br />Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-27.htm">Leviticus 20:27</a></span><br />A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-6.htm">2 Kings 21:6</a></span><br />He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-6.htm">2 Chronicles 33:6</a></span><br />He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/8-19.htm">Isaiah 8:19</a></span><br />When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-12.htm">Isaiah 47:12-13</a></span><br />So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror! / You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9-10</a></span><br />But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ / For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-6.htm">Ezekiel 13:6-9</a></span><br />They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message. / Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken? / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/5-12.htm">Micah 5:12</a></span><br />I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/8-9.htm">Acts 8:9-11</a></span><br />Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great, / and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.” / They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/16-16.htm">Acts 16:16-18</a></span><br />One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling. / This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!” / She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/19-19.htm">Acts 19:19</a></span><br />And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a></span><br />The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-21</a></span><br />No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For all that do these things are an abomination to the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD your God does drive them out from before you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-4.htm">Deuteronomy 9:4</a></b></br> Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24,27</a></b></br> Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/18-9.htm">Abominable</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-4.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-9.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-9.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-29.htm">Dispossess</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Dispossessing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-10.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-17.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-9.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-7.htm">Presence</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/20-18.htm">Abominable</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-5.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-18.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-18.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Dispossess</a> <a href="/joshua/15-14.htm">Dispossessing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-28.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-18.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-17.htm">Presence</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-1.htm">The LORD is the priests and Levites' inheritance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-3.htm">The priests' due</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-6.htm">The Levites' portion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-9.htm">The abominations of the nations are to be avoided</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-15.htm">Christ the Prophet is to be heard</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-20.htm">The presumptuous prophet is to die</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD.</b><br>This phrase refers to the practices mentioned earlier in <a href="/deuteronomy/18.htm">Deuteronomy 18</a>, such as divination, witchcraft, and consulting the dead. These practices were common among the Canaanite nations and were strictly forbidden for the Israelites. The term "detestable" indicates something that is abominable or loathsome to God, highlighting His holiness and the requirement for His people to be set apart. In <a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24-30</a>, similar language is used to describe practices that defile the land. The emphasis is on maintaining purity and obedience to God's commands, reflecting His character and covenant relationship with Israel.<p><b>And because of these detestable things,</b><br>The repetition of "detestable things" underscores the severity of these actions in God's eyes. It serves as a reminder of the moral and spiritual corruption that these practices bring. The Israelites are warned not to adopt the customs of the nations they are displacing. This warning is consistent with the broader biblical narrative that calls for separation from pagan practices, as seen in passages like <a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a>, which urges believers to come out from among them and be separate.<p><b>the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.</b><br>This phrase highlights God's active role in the conquest of Canaan. The driving out of the nations is both a judgment against their wickedness and a fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham regarding the land (<a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a>). It also serves as a warning to Israel that they must remain faithful to avoid similar judgment. The historical context involves the transition from a nomadic lifestyle to settling in a land with established cities and cultures. Theologically, it points to God's sovereignty and justice, as well as His faithfulness to His covenant promises. This act of driving out the nations prefigures the ultimate victory over sin and evil through Jesus Christ, who conquers spiritual darkness and establishes His kingdom.<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/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, receiving the laws and commandments as they prepare to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The God of Israel, who is holy and demands holiness from His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaanite_nations.htm">Canaanite Nations</a></b><br>The nations inhabiting the Promised Land, whose practices are considered detestable by God.<br><br>5. <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.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_obedience.htm">Holiness and Obedience</a></b><br>God calls His people to be holy and obedient, setting them apart from the surrounding nations. This requires rejecting practices that are detestable to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment_and_justice.htm">God's Judgment and Justice</a></b><br>The driving out of the Canaanite nations serves as a reminder of God's judgment against sin and His justice in dealing with unrighteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_influence.htm">Cultural Influence</a></b><br>Believers must be vigilant against adopting cultural practices that contradict God's commands, maintaining a distinct identity as God's people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>The battle against sin and detestable practices is ongoing, requiring believers to rely on God's strength and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a></b><br>Understanding that God's standards are eternal encourages believers to live in a way that honors Him, looking forward to the ultimate fulfillment of His promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_child_sacrifice.htm">What does the Bible say about child sacrifice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_deut._18_9-12_view_miracles.htm">How does Deuteronomy 18:9-12 reconcile the prohibition of sorcery with biblical accounts of approved miracles that seem similarly supernatural?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_deut._12_30-31_with_2_kings_16.htm">In Deuteronomy 12:30-31, how can the warning against adopting pagan rites be reconciled with other passages (e.g., 2 Kings 16:10-15) where Israelite leaders incorporated foreign practices?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_sins_listed_in_the_bible.htm">What are the sins listed in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - All who practiced such arts were <span class="cmt_word">an abomination unto the Lord</span>, and his people are forbidden to have anything to do with them. They are connected here with the Moloch-worship, because of the intimate relation between idolatry and the use of magical arts; and Moloch-worship is specially mentioned, probably because it was the form of idolatry with which the Israelites were most likely to come in contact, both where they then were and also in Canaan; not, as Keil suggests, because that form "was more intimately connected with soothsaying and magic than any other description of idolatry" - an assertion for which there is no evidence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/18-12.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">For whoever</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">does</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹ֣שֵׂה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·śêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these things</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֑לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is detestable</span><br /><span class="heb">תוֹעֲבַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<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">to the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and because</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבִגְלַל֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇiḡ·lal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1558.htm">Strong's 1558: </a> </span><span class="str2">A circumstance, on account of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of these</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵ֔לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">detestable things</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tō·w·‘ê·ḇōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<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">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is driving out</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹרִ֥ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·rîš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the nations] before you.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">Deuteronomy 18:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">Deuteronomy 18:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">Deuteronomy 18:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">Deuteronomy 18:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">Deuteronomy 18:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">Deuteronomy 18:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">Deuteronomy 18:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">Deuteronomy 18:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">Deuteronomy 18:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">Deuteronomy 18:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 18:12 For whoever does these things (Deut. 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