Deuteronomy 20:18
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
מַעַן
so that
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מַעַן
properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
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תּוֹעֵבַה
abominations/ their
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תּוֹעֵבַה
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
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לָמַד
they may teach
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לָמַד
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
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