What Does Deuteronomy 17:3 Mean?

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“and served”

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc

“gods”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“other”

properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc

“and worshipped”

to depress, i.e., prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or god)

“them either the sun”

the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement

desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

“or moon”

the moon

desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“or any of the host”

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci

“of heaven”

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“which I have not commanded”

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin