Deuteronomy 20:18

Deuteronomy 20:18 in other translations

What does Deuteronomy 20:18 mean?

Deuteronomy 20:18 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 20:18

• Deuteronomy 12:30-31

  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. Thou 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.

• Exodus 23:33

  They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

• Ephesians 5:11

  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:14

  And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

• 2 Corinthians 6:17

  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

• 1 Corinthians 15:33

  Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

• Psalms 106:34-40

  They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them: But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, …

• Deuteronomy 7:4-5

  For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

• Joshua 23:13

  Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.

• Exodus 34:16

  And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

• Deuteronomy 18:19

  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

• Judges 2:3

  Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

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Context

• Deuteronomy 20:17

  But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:

• Deuteronomy 20:18

  That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.

• Deuteronomy 20:19

  When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:

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