Leviticus 18:24

Translations

Modern

Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.

Traditional

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

Literal

Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for by all these the nations have defiled themselves, which I am sending away from before your faces.

Latin

Nec polluamini in omnibus his quibus contaminatæ sunt universæ gentes, quas ego ejiciam ante conspectum vestrum,

Original

Hebrew

English

Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.

Notes

Leviticus 18:24–25

any of these practices:
- pagan worship (Leviticus 18:21),
- homosexuality (18:22), and
- bestiality (18:23).
The land could not endure the sinful practices of the Canaanites. It is described as vomiting them out, showing how completely they would be removed (see 18:28).

Theme notes and profiles

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Leviticus 18:24

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