Ulangan 29:26

29:26 They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship. ¹ 

Ulangan 18:9

Provision for Prophetism

18:9 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.

Ulangan 20:18

20:18 so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship ²  their gods, causing you to sin against the Lord your God.

Ulangan 10:8

10:8 At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi ³  to carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to formulate blessings ⁴  in his name, as they do to this very day.

[29:26]  ¹ tn Heb “did not assign to them”; NASB, NRSV “had not allotted to them.”

[20:18]  ² tn Heb “to do according to all their abominations which they do for their gods.”

[10:8]  ³ sn The Lord set apart the tribe of Levi. This was not the initial commissioning of the tribe of Levi to this ministry (cf. Num 3:11-13; 8:12-26), but with Aaron’s death it seemed appropriate to Moses to reiterate Levi’s responsibilities. There is no reference in the Book of Numbers to this having been done, but the account of Eleazar’s succession to the priesthood there (Num 20:25-28) would provide a setting for this to have occurred.

[10:8]  ⁴ sn To formulate blessings. The most famous example of this is the priestly “blessing formula” of Num 6:24-26.