Deuteronomy 18:9

“When you come into the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you, you shall not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations.”

Deuteronomy 18:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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comeבָּאba

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “ba” appears
the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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is givingנֹתֵןnoten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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learnתִלְמַדtilmad

learn

To receive teaching until one knows or masters it.

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to doעֲשׂוֹתasot

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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according to the abominationsתוֹעֲבֹתtoavot

abomination

Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.

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nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

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The context

8they shall eat equal portions, besides what he sells of the fathers.

9 · This verse (above)

10There shall not be found among you anyone who makes pass his son or his daughter through the fire, anyone who practices divination, a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

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