Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Tu n'agiras pas ainsi à l'égard de l'Eternel, ton Dieu; car elles servaient leurs dieux en faisant toutes les abominations qui sont odieuses à l'Eternel, et même elles brûlaient au feu leurs fils et leurs filles en l'honneur de leurs dieux.
KJV
Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
Philo Judaeus
De Abrahamo
αὐτοὺς τοῦ μιάσματος φάσκει, ὅτι "τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας κατακαίουσι τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν“ (Deut. 12, 31)· Ἰνδῶν δὲ τοὺς γυμνοσοφιστὰς ἄχρι νῦν, ἐπειδὰν ἄρχηται καταλαμβάνειν ἡ μακρὰ καὶ ἀνίατος νόσος, τὸ γῆρας, πρὶν βεβαίως κρατηθῆναι, πυρὰν νήσαντας ἑαυτοὺς ἐμπιπράναι,…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
the purpose of divine worship should not be like the observances of idolaters: since it is written ( Dt. 12:31 ): "Thou shalt not do in like manner to the Lord thy God: for they have done to their gods all the abominations which the Lord abhorreth." Now worshippers of idols used…
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