Leviticus 18:30
28 So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.
29 Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.
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.”
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
- 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.”
- KJV
- Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
- WEB
- Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them. I am the LORD your God.’”
- ASV
- Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.
- DARBY
- And ye shall observe my charge, that ye commit not [any] of the abominable customs which were committed before you; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean therein: I am Jehovah your God.
- BLB
- And you⁺ shall keep My charge, to not do from the statutes of the abominations that have been done before your⁺ faces, and you⁺ shall not defile yourselves by them. I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.”
- ÅB
- Så skal dere da ta vare på det jeg vil ha varetatt, så dere ikke gjør etter noen av de avskyelige skikker som de har fulgt før dere, og ikke fører urenhet over dere ved dem; jeg er Herren deres Gud.
[^1]: ammonittenes avgud, til hvis ære barn ble brent opp. - OTB
- Derfor, hold mine krav og følg ikke noen av de avskyelige skikkene som ble praktisert før dere, slik at dere ikke besmitter dere med dem. Jeg er Herren deres Gud.’”
- B1930
- Så skal I da ta vare på det jeg vil ha varetatt, så I ikke gjør efter nogen av de vederstyggelige skikker som de har fulgt før eder, og ikke fører urenhet over eder ved dem; jeg er Herren eders Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 20:23
You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 18:9–12
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
Read in contextLeviticus 22:9
The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
Read in contextLeviticus 18:26–27
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.
Read in contextLeviticus 18:2–4
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 11:1
You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.
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