²⁴ “ ‘Do not make yourselves “unclean” in any of these ways. That is how other nations became “unclean.” So I am going to drive those nations out of the land to make room for you. ²⁵ Even their land was not “clean.” So I punished it because of its sin. The land itself threw out the people who lived there. ²⁶ But you must keep my rules and my laws. You must not do any of the things I hate. It does not matter whether you are Israelites or outsiders. ²⁷ All these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you. That is how the land became “unclean.” ²⁸ If you make the land “unclean,” it will throw you out. It will get rid of you just as it got rid of the nations there before you.

²⁹ “ ‘Suppose you do any of the things I hate. Then you must be separated from your people. ³⁰ Do exactly what I require. When you arrive in Canaan, do not follow any of the practices of its people. I hate the things they do. Do not make yourselves “unclean” by doing them. I am the Lord your God.’ ”