Leviticus 18:24

²² You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.

²³ You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.

Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.

²⁵ Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.

²⁶ But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
KJV: Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
WEB: “‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
ASV: Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;
DARBY: Make not yourselves unclean in any of these things; for in all these have the nations which I am casting out before you made themselves unclean.
BLB: Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for by all these the nations have defiled themselves, which I [am] sending away from before your⁺ faces.

ÅB: Gjør dere ikke urene med noe slikt! For alt dette gjorde de seg urene med de hedninger som jeg driver ut for deres øyne,
OTB: Besmitt dere ikke ved noen av disse tingene, for ved alle disse har de nasjonene jeg driver ut foran dere blitt besmittet.
B1930: Gjør eder ikke urene med noget sådant! For alt dette gjorde de sig urene med de hedninger som jeg driver ut for eders øine,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 18:12
For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.
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Leviticus 18:30
You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
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Leviticus 20:22–23
You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
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Deuteronomy 12:31
You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
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1 Corinthians 3:17
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
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Leviticus 18:3
You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
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Matthew 15:18–20
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
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Jeremiah 44:4
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
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