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Leviticus 20:23
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Leviticus 20:23
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23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
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Leviticus 20:23
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Leviticus 20:23
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23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations(A) I am going to drive out before you.(B) Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.(C)
Deuteronomy 9:5
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Deuteronomy 9:5
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5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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Deuteronomy 9:5
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Deuteronomy 9:5
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5 It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity(A) that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness(B) of these nations,(C) the Lord your God will drive them out(D) before you, to accomplish what he swore(E) to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.(F)
Leviticus 18:24
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Leviticus 18:24
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24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
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Leviticus 18:24
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Leviticus 18:24
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24 “‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you(A) became defiled.(B)
Leviticus 18:30
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Leviticus 18:30
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30 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.
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Leviticus 18:30
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Leviticus 18:30
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30 Keep my requirements(A) and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the Lord your God.(B)’”
Leviticus 18:3
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Leviticus 18:3
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3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
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Leviticus 18:3
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Leviticus 18:3
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3 You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.(A)
Deuteronomy 12:30-31
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Deuteronomy 12:30-31
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30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
31 Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
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Deuteronomy 12:30-31
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Deuteronomy 12:30-31
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30 and after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to be ensnared(A) by inquiring about their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.”(B) 31 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the Lord hates.(C) They even burn their sons(D) and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.(E)
Leviticus 18:27
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Leviticus 18:27
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27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
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Leviticus 18:27
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Leviticus 18:27
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27 for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled.
Zechariah 11:8
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Zechariah 11:8
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8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
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Zechariah 11:8
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Zechariah 11:8
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8 In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.
The flock detested(A) me, and I grew weary of them
Jeremiah 10:1-2
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Jeremiah 10:1-2
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10 Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
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Jeremiah 10:1-2
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Jeremiah 10:1-2
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God and Idols(A)
10 Hear what the Lord says to you, people of Israel. 2 This is what the Lord says:
Psalm 78:59
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Psalm 78:59
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59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
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Psalm 78:59
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Psalm 78:59
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