Deuteronomy 12:4 KJV

Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

Thou and Ye

  • ye, your more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Monuments of idolatry to be destroyedMoses comes to the statutes he had to give in charge to Israel; and begins with such as relate to the worship of God. The Israelites are charged not to bring...

Cross References

  • Leviticus 20:23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
  • 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. …
  • Deuteronomy 16:21–22 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make 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.

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  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Ye shall not do so לֹא lōʾ Negative תַעֲשׂוּן taʿăśûn עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
  • unto the LORD כֵּן kēn Demonstrative לַיהוָה layhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name · with preposition
  • your God אֱלֹהֵיכֶם ʾĕlōhêkem אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural

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