Translations
Modern
You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
Traditional
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.
Literal
And you shall keep My charge, to not do from the statutes of the abominations that have been done before your faces, and you shall not defile yourselves by them. I am YHWH your God.”
Latin
Custodite mandata mea. Nolite facere quæ fecerunt hi qui fuerunt ante vos, et ne polluamini in eis. Ego Dominus Deus vester.
Original
Hebrew
English
You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
Notes
Theme notes and profiles
Ancient Law Codes Family, Community, and Sexual Sin Holiness and Sexual Purity Holy War Human Sexuality
Parallels
Glossary
Archaeology and the Bible Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of History of Israel Incest Kinsman Leviticus, Book of Nations
Topics
Sin-Offering: The Blood of in Every Case Poured at the Foot of the Altar of Burnt