Deuteronomy - 28:14



14 and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 28:14.

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And turn not away from them neither to the right hand, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods, nor worship them.
and thou dost not turn aside from all the words which I am commanding you to-day, right or left, to go after other gods, to serve them.
Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.
and will not turn aside from them, neither to the right, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods, nor worship them.
Neque recesseris ab omnibus verbis quae ego praecipio vobis hodie, ad dextram aut ad sinistram, eundo post deos alienos ut colatis eos.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Thou shalt not go aside - to the right hand or to the left - The way of obedience is a straight way; it goes right forward; he who declines either to right or left from this path goes astray and misses heaven.

And thou shall not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day,.... Depart from them as a rule to walk by, turn out from them as a path to walk in, neglect and disobey them, and go into practices contrary to them: turning
to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them; which to do was to break the first and principal table of the law, than which nothing was more abominable and provoking to God.

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