Deuteronomy 12:4
Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God.
Yee shall not doe so vnto the LORD your God.
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- Leviticus 20:23Rank 1 from verse 4
- Deuteronomy 20:18Rank 2 from verse 4
- Deuteronomy 12:30–31Rank 3 from verse 4
30Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
31Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
30Take heede to thy selfe that thou be not snared †by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee, and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serue their gods? euen so will I doe likewise.
31Thou shalt not doe so vnto the LORD thy God: for euery †abomination to the LORD which hee hateth, haue they done vnto their gods: for euen their sonnes and their daughters they haue burnt in the fire to their gods.
- Deuteronomy 16:21–22Rank 4 from verse 4
21¶ Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
22Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God hateth.
21¶ Thou shalt not plant thee a groue of any trees neere vnto the Altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee:
22*Neither shalt thou set thee vp any ‖image, which the LORD thy God hateth.
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Deuteronomy 12:4
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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The one true God.
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3And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
3And *you shall †ouerthrow their altars, and breake their pillars, and burne their groues with fire, and you shall hew downe the grauen images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
4Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God.
4Yee shall not doe so vnto the LORD your God.
Selected passage5But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
5But vnto the place which the LORD your God shall *chuse out of all your tribes, to put his name there, euen vnto his habitation shall yee seeke, and thither thou shalt come: