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Deuteronomy 17:3

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

Deuteronomy 17:3 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

Host of heaven. The primary, and in many ways the worst, form of idolatry was the worship of the heavenly bodies (see Deut. 4:19; Job 31:26, 27).

Not commanded. Rather, “forbidden” (RSV).

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