Deuteronomy 12:4

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2 ^aYou shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess served their gods, ^bon the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.

3 And ^ayou shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and burn their¹ wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place.

4 You shall not ^aworship the Lord your God with such things.

5 “But you shall seek the ^aplace where the Lord your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His ^bdwelling place; and there you shall go.

6 ^aThere you shall take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, your vowed offerings, your freewill offerings, and the ^bfirstborn of your herds and flocks.

7 And ^athere you shall eat before the Lord your God, and ^byou shall rejoice in all to which you have put your hand, you and your households, in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

8 “You shall not at all do as we are doing here today—^aevery man doing whatever is right in his own eyes—

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 12:4

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American Standard Version
Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God.

Amplified® Bible
You shall not behave so toward the Lord your God.

Contemporary English Version
Don't worship the LORD your God in the way those nations worship their gods.

Darby English Version
Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God;

Good News Bible
"Do not worship the LORD your God in the way that these people worship their gods.

King James Version
Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall not act like this toward the LORD your God.

New International Version
You must not worship the LORD your God in their way.

New King James Version
You shall not worship the LORD your God with such things.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"You shall not act like this toward the LORD your God.

Revised Standard Version
You shall not do so to the LORD your God.

Young's Literal Translation
`Ye do not do so to Jehovah your God;

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