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) 25 Even the land was defiled;(C) so I punished it for its sin,(D) and the land vomited out its inhabitants.(E) 26 But you must keep my decrees and my laws.(F) The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things, 27 for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled. 28 And if you defile the land,(G) it will vomit you out(H) as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

29 “‘Everyone who does any of these detestable things—such persons must be cut off from their people. 30 Keep my requirements(I) 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.(J)’”

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24 “‘You must not make yourself unclean in any of these things, because the nations whom I am driving out from your presence were made unclean by all of these. 25 So[a] the land became unclean, and I have brought the punishment of[b] its guilt upon it, and the land has vomited out its inhabitants. 26 But[c] you (neither the native nor[d] the alien who is dwelling in your midst) shall keep my statutes and my regulations, and you shall not practice[e] any of these detestable things 27 (because the people of the land, who were before you,[f] did all these detestable things, so the land became unclean), 28 so that the land will not vomit you out when you make it unclean just as it vomited out the nation that was before you.[g] 29 Indeed, anyone who does any of these detestable things, even[h] those persons who do so shall be cut off from the midst of their people. 30 Thus[i] you shall keep my obligation to not do any of the statutes regarding[j] the detestable things that they did before you,[k] so that you will not make yourselves unclean by them; I am Yahweh your God.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:25 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 18:25 Literally “I have visited”
  3. Leviticus 18:26 Or “And”
  4. Leviticus 18:26 Or “and”
  5. Leviticus 18:26 Literally “do”
  6. Leviticus 18:27 Literally “to the faces of you”
  7. Leviticus 18:28 Literally “to the faces of you”
  8. Leviticus 18:29 Or “and”
  9. Leviticus 18:30 Or “And”
  10. Leviticus 18:30 Literally “of”
  11. Leviticus 18:30 Literally “to the faces of you”