Deuteronomy 7:26

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Modern

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.

Traditional

Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

Literal

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.

Latin

…nec inferes quippiam ex idolo in domum tuam, ne fias anathema, sicut et illud est. Quasi spurcitiam detestaberis, et velut inquinamentum ac sordes abominationi habebis, quia anathema est.

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English

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.

Notes

Deuteronomy 7:26

set apart for destruction (Hebrew kherem): See study note on 2:34.

Deuteronomy 7:25–26

it is detestable to the LORD your God: Pagan worship denies God's uniqueness and rejects his demand for exclusive worship (5:7–9). The terrible and disgusting ceremonies often linked to pagan worship opposed God's holy nature. But Israel risked adopting similar beliefs and practices (12:31; 13:12–17).

An Israelite who recognized or worshiped false gods committed treason against the Lord. In other words, that person was unfaithful to God as king. The only solution was the complete destruction of these detestable objects.

Deuteronomy 7:1–26

Before Israel could occupy the promised land, they had to remove the people already living there (compare Genesis 13:14–17; 15:18–21). The land belonged to the Lord, and only God could decide who should live there.

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