Deuteronomy 20:18

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.

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16 However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

17 For you must devote them to complete destruction —the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,

18 so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.

19 When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?

20 But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.

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Deuteronomy 20:18 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.
KJV King James Version: 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.
WEB World English Bible: that they not teach you to follow all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so would you sin against the LORD your God.
ASV American Standard Version: that they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so would ye sin against Jehovah your God.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: so that they teach you not to do according to all their abominations which they have done to their gods, and ye have sinned against Jehovah your God.
DBY Darby Translation: that they teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods, so that ye sin against Jehovah your God.
WBS Webster Bible: That they may not teach you to do after all their abominations which they have done to their gods; so would ye sin against the LORD your God.