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Leviticus 20:23
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Leviticus 20:23
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23 You shall not follow the practices of the nation that I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.(A)
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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 It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are going in to occupy their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is dispossessing them before you, in order to fulfill the promise that the Lord made on oath to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.(A)
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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 “Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for by all these practices the nations I am casting out before you have defiled themselves.(A)
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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 So keep my charge not to commit any of these abominations that were done before you and not to defile yourselves by them: I am the Lord your God.”(A)
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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 You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes.(A)
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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 care that you are not snared into imitating them, after they have been destroyed before you; do not inquire concerning their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I also want to do the same.’ 31 You must not do the same for the Lord your God, because every abhorrent thing that the Lord hates they have done for their gods. They would even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.(A)
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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 the inhabitants of the land, who were before you, committed all of these abominations, and the land became 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 In one month I disposed of the three shepherds, for I had become impatient with them, and they also detested me.(A)
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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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Idolatry Has Brought Ruin on Israel
10 Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. 2 Thus says the Lord:
Do not learn the way of the nations
or be dismayed at the signs of the heavens,
for the nations are dismayed at them.(A)
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, he was full of wrath,
and he utterly rejected Israel.
Psalm 78:59
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Psalm 78:59
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