Deuteronomy 12:32
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What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.

thou shalt not

Deuteronomy 4:2 You shall not add to the word that I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it: keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

Deuteronomy 13:18 When thou shalt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, keeping all his precepts, which I command thee this day, that thou mayst do what is pleasing in the sight of the Lord thy God.

Joshua 1:7 Take courage therefore, and be very valiant: that thou mayst observe and do all the law, which Moses my servant hath commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayst understand all things which thou dost.

Proverbs 30:6 Add not any thing to his words, lest thou be reproved and found a liar:

Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

Revelation 22:18,19 For I testify to every one that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book: If any man shall add to these things, God shall add unto him the plagues written in this book. . . .

Context
A Warning Against Idolatry
31Thou shalt not do in like manner to the Lord thy God. For they have done to their gods all the abominations which the Lord abhorreth, offering their sons and daughters, and burning them with fire. 32What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.
Cross References
Revelation 22:18
For I testify to every one that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book: If any man shall add to these things, God shall add unto him the plagues written in this book.

Revelation 22:19
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from these things that are written in this book.

Deuteronomy 4:2
You shall not add to the word that I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it: keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

Joshua 1:7
Take courage therefore, and be very valiant: that thou mayst observe and do all the law, which Moses my servant hath commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayst understand all things which thou dost.

Proverbs 30:6
Add not any thing to his words, lest thou be reproved and found a liar:

Ezekiel 44:5
And the Lord said to me: Son of man, attend with thy heart and behold with thy eyes, and hear with thy ears, all that I say to thee concerning all the ceremonies of the house of the Lord, and concerning all the laws thereof: and mark well the ways of the temple, with all the goings out of the sanctuary.

Lexicon
See that you do
תִשְׁמְר֖וּ (ṯiš·mə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

everything
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

I
אָנֹכִי֙ (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

command you;
מְצַוֶּ֣ה (mə·ṣaw·weh)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

do not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

add
תֹסֵ֣ף (ṯō·sêp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3254: To add, augment

to it
עָלָ֔יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

or subtract
תִגְרַ֖ע (ṯiḡ·ra‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1639: To scrape off, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold

from it.
מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ (mim·men·nū)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of


Additional Translations
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Every word that I command you this day, it shalt thou observe to do: thou shalt not add to it, nor diminish from it.

Everything that I command you, ye shall take heed to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take from it.

What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Whatever thing I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add to it, nor diminish from it.

Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

The whole thing which I am commanding you -- it ye observe to do; thou dost not add unto it, nor diminish from it.
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