22 You shall not lie with (A)a male as with a woman. It is an abomination. 23 Nor shall you mate with any (B)animal, to defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it. It is perversion.

24 (C)‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; (D)for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you. 25 For (E)the land is defiled; therefore I (F)visit[a] the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land (G)vomits out its inhabitants. 26 (H)You shall therefore [b]keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations, either any of your own nation or any stranger who dwells among you

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  1. Leviticus 18:25 bring judgment for
  2. Leviticus 18:26 obey

22 “‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman;(A) that is detestable.(B)

23 “‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.(C)

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(D) became defiled.(E) 25 Even the land was defiled;(F) so I punished it for its sin,(G) and the land vomited out its inhabitants.(H) 26 But you must keep my decrees and my laws.(I) The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things,

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