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Deuteronomy 12:29-31

29When Yhwhיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shall cut offיַכְרִית֩yakh.RitH3772the nationsהַגּוֹיִ֗םha.go.YimH1471from beforeמִפָּנֶ֑יךָmi.pa.Nei.khaH6440thee, whither thou goestבָא־va'-H935to possessלָרֶ֥שֶׁתla.Re.shetH3423them, and thou succeedestוְיָרַשְׁתָּ֣ve.ya.rash.TaH3423them, and dwellestוְיָשַׁבְתָּ֖ve.ya.shav.TaH3427in their landבְּאַרְצָֽם׃be.'ar.TzamH776;

30Take heedהִשָּׁ֣מֶרhi.Sha.merH8104to thyself that thou be not snaredתִּנָּקֵשׁ֙ti.na.KeshH5367by followingאַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם'a.cha.rei.HemH310them, afterאַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiH310that they be destroyedהִשָּׁמְדָ֣םhi.sha.me.DamH8045from beforeמִפָּנֶ֑יךָmi.pa.Nei.khaH6440thee; and that thou enquireתִּדְרֹ֨שׁtid.RoshH1875not after their godsלֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶ֜םle.lo.hei.HemH430,sayingלֵאמֹ֨רle.MorH559,How did these nationsהַגּוֹיִ֤םha.go.YimH1471serveיַעַבְד֜וּya.'av.DuH5647their godsאֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם'e.Lo.hei.HemH430?even so will I doוְאֶעֱשֶׂה־ve.'e.'e.seh-H6213likewiseגַּם־gam-H1571.

31Thou shalt not doתַעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.SehH6213so unto Yhwhלַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430:for every abominationתּוֹעֲבַ֨תto.'a.VatH8441to Yhwhיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068,which he hatethשָׂנֵ֗אsa.Ne'H8130,have they doneעָשׂוּ֙'a.SuH6213unto their godsלֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔םle.Lo.hei.HemH430;for even their sonsבְּנֵיהֶם֙be.nei.HemH1121and their daughtersבְּנֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םbe.No.tei.HemH1323they have burntיִשְׂרְפ֥וּyis.re.FuH8313in the fireבָאֵ֖שׁva.'EshH784to their godsלֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃Le.lo.hei.HemH430.

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