22 ‘You are therefore to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to [a]live will not (A)vomit you out. 23 Furthermore, you shall not [b]follow (B)the customs of the nation which I am going to drive out before you, because they did all these things; (C)therefore I have felt disgust for them. 24 So I have said to you, “(D)You are to take possession of their land, and I Myself will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has (E)singled you out from the peoples.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:22 Lit dwell in it
  2. Leviticus 20:23 Lit walk in

Living Distinctively in Holiness

22 “Be sure to keep all my statutes and observe all my ordinances, so that the land where I’m about to bring you to live won’t vomit you out. 23 You are not to live[a] by the customs of the nations, whom I’ve cast away right in front of you. Because they did all of these things, I detested them. 24 But I’ve promised[b] you that you’ll inherit the land that I’m about to give you as your permanent possession[c]—a land flowing with milk and honey.

“I am your God. I’ve separated you from the people.

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  1. Leviticus 20:23 Lit. walk
  2. Leviticus 20:24 Lit. said
  3. Leviticus 20:24 Lit. you to inherit