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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 12:30 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 12:30 |
King James |
Take heed to thyself 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 serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| This caution is based upon the notion generally entertained in the ancient pagan world, that each country had its own tutelary deities whom it would be perilous to neglect; compare Kg1 20:23; Kg2 17:26. Israel was to shun such superstitions as unworthy of the elect people of God. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| By following them - By following the example they left, when their persons are destroyed. |
26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.