Deuteronomy 20:18

World English Bible (WEB)

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.

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16 But of the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;

17 but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as the LORD your God has commanded you;

18 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.

19 When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; for you may eat of them. You shall not cut them down, for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged by you?

20 Only the trees that you know are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down. You shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.

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Deuteronomy 20:18 in every translation

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.
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.
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.
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.