“Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.”
Neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, and become accursed like it; but you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is devoted to destruction; -- the final prohibition: no religious object from Canaan enters Israel's home. Contact brings curse. 'Utter detestation' (shiqqutz) and 'utter abhorrence' (ta'ev) express visceral rejection. These objects are marked for destruction (cherem), and possessing them spreads the ban.
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