24 (A)‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; (B)for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you. 25 For (C)the land is defiled; therefore I (D)visit[a] the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land (E)vomits out its inhabitants. 26 (F)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 27 (for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled), 28 lest (G)the land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you. 29 For whoever commits any of these abominations, the persons who commit them shall be [c]cut off from among their people.

30 ‘Therefore you shall keep My [d]ordinance, so (H)that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: (I)I am the Lord your God.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:25 bring judgment for
  2. Leviticus 18:26 obey
  3. Leviticus 18:29 Put to death
  4. Leviticus 18:30 charge

24 “‘Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things, for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you,

25 and the land is defiled. Therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

26 Ye shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations, neither any of your own nation nor any stranger who sojourneth among you

27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled),

28 that the land spew not you out also when ye defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.

29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls who commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

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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