28 Take heed, and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go [a]well with thee, and with thy children after thee forever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God.

29 ¶ When the Lord thy God shall destroy the nations before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou shalt possess them and dwell in their land,

30 Beware, lest thou be taken in [b]snare after them, after that they be destroyed before thee, and lest thou ask after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods, that I may do so likewise?

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:28 God by promise bindeth himself to do good to them that obey his word.
  2. Deuteronomy 12:30 By following their superstitions and idolatries, and thinking to serve me thereby.

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