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# You must not lift your eyes ... and look ... and be drawn ... Yahweh your God
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Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so all instances of "you" and "your" and the words "lift," "look," and "be drawn" are singular.
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# You must not ... and be drawn away to worship
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"Do not ... and do not let anyone make you want to worship" or "Do not ... and do not allow yourself worship"
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# all the host of the heavens
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"all the multitude of things in the sky" or "all the army of the heavens." Here this refers to the lights we see in the sky, including the sun, moon, stars. They are called the host because there are so many of them, just as armies have many soldiers.
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# of which Yahweh your God has given a share to all the peoples
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"that Yahweh your God has put there to help all people groups"
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