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Do not defile yourselves by any of these creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them.
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“‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.
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“‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.
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“‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled.
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Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
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for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled.
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And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you.
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Keep my requirements 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.’”
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“‘Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
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I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name.
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“‘You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds. Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground—those that I have set apart as unclean for you.
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He must not make himself unclean for people related to him by marriage, and so defile himself.
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“‘They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to their God.
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“‘If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.
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He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people,
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so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the Lord, who makes him holy.’”
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“‘If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease or a bodily discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse or by anyone who has an emission of semen,