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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) 25 Thus the land became defiled, and I punished it for its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.(B) 26 But you shall keep my statutes and my ordinances and commit none of these abominations, either the native-born or the alien who resides among you 27 (for the inhabitants of the land, who were before you, committed all of these abominations, and the land became defiled); 28 otherwise the land will vomit you out for defiling it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. 29 For whoever commits any of these abominations shall be cut off from their people. 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.”(C)

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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”