Deuteronomy 7 · Verse 26

Deuteronomy 7:26

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.
Deuteronomy 7:26, King James Version

Deuteronomy 7:26 in other translations

BSBAnd 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.
WEBYou shall not bring an abomination into your house and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it. You shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
ASVAnd thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and become a devoted thing like unto it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
YLTand thou dost not bring in an abomination unto thy house--or thou hast been devoted like it; --thou dost utterly detest it, and thou dost utterly abominate it; for it is devoted.
DARBYAnd thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
BBEAnd you may not take a disgusting thing into your house, and so become cursed with its curse: but keep yourselves from it, turning from it with fear and hate, for it is a cursed thing.
WebsterNeither shalt thou bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou shouldst be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

What does Deuteronomy 7:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 7:11-26

11-26. Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day--In the covenant into which God entered with Israel, He promised to bestow upon them a variety of blessings so long as they continued obedient to Him as their heavenly King. He pledged His veracity that His infinite perfections would be exerted for this purpose, as well as for delivering them from…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:12-26

We are in danger of having fellowship with the works of darkness if we take pleasure in fellowship with those who do such works. Whatever brings us into a snare, brings us under a curse. Let us be constant to our duty, and we cannot question the constancy of God's mercy. Diseases are God's servants; they go where he sends them, and do what he bids them. It is therefore good for the health of our bodies, thoroughly…

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Deuteronomy 7:26 in the original Hebrew

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וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
תָבִ֤יאta.Vi'you will bringH935
תֽוֹעֵבָה֙to.'e.Vahan abominationH8441
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
בֵּיתֶ֔ךָbei.Te.khahouse yourH1004
וְהָיִ֥יתָve.ha.Yi.taand you will beH1961
חֵ֖רֶםChe.reman object for destructionH2764
כָּמֹ֑הוּka.Mo.hulike itH3644
שַׁקֵּ֧ץ\׀sha.Ketzutterly <detest>H8262
תְּשַׁקְּצֶ֛נּוּte.shak.ke.Tze.nuyou will detest itH8262
וְתַעֵ֥ב\׀ve.ta.'Evand utterly <abhor>H8581
תְּֽתַעֲבֶ֖נּוּte.ta.'a.Ve.nuyou will abhor itH8581
כִּי\־ki-forH3588
חֵ֥רֶםChe.rem[is] an object for destructionH2764
הֽוּא\׃\ \פHu'itH1931

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 7:26

  • Deuteronomy 13:17

    And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

  • Hosea 14:8

    Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

  • Isaiah 30:22

    Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

  • Ezekiel 11:18

    And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

  • Romans 2:22

    Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

  • Joshua 6:17-24

    And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord. So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. …

  • Leviticus 27:28-29

    Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord. None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.

  • Ezekiel 14:7

    For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him by myself:

  • Joshua 7:1-26

    But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel. And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth–aven, on the east side of Beth–el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few. So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. …

  • Isaiah 2:20

    In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

  • Habakkuk 2:9-11

    Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

  • Zechariah 5:4

    I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

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shalt.
13:17; Le 27:28,29; Jos 6:17-24; 7:1-25,11-26; Eze 14:7
Hab 2:9-11; Zec 5:4
but thou shalt.
Isa 2:20; 30:22; Eze 11:18; Ho 14:8; Ro 2:22

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 7:25

    The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

  • Deuteronomy 7:26

    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.

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Deuteronomy 7:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y no meterás abominación en tu casa, porque no seas anatema como ello; del todo lo aborrecerás y lo abominarás; porque es anatema.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
afin que tu n’introduises pas l’abomination dans ta maison, et que tu ne sois pas anathème comme elle: tu l’auras en extrême horreur et en extrême abomination; car c’est un anathème.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und du sollst keinen Greuel in dein Haus bringen, so daß du ein Bann werdest gleich ihm; du sollst es ganz und gar verabscheuen und es gänzlich für einen Greuel halten, denn es ist ein Bann.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
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.