Leviticus 20:23

Translations

Modern

You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

Traditional

And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

Literal

And you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation that I am casting out before you, for all these things they commit, and I abhor them.

Latin

Nolite ambulare in legitimis nationum, quas ego expulsurus sum ante vos. Omnia enim hæc fecerunt, et abominatus sum eas.

Original

Hebrew

English

You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

Notes

Leviticus 20:9–27

Pagan worship influenced ethics, so God has family rules follow those about pagan religious practices. Some laws in this section repeat parts from Leviticus 18:6–30, which come before the section on proper expressions of holiness (19:1–37). These issues connect. Proper worship of God leads to good behavior toward others, while improper worship leads to moral violations.

Theme notes and profiles

Ancient Law Codes Holiness and Sexual Purity

Related verses

Deuteronomy 9:5
It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Leviticus 18:24
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.
Leviticus 18:3
You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
Leviticus 18:30
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.”
Leviticus 18:27
For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.
Deuteronomy 12:30–31
…be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
Jeremiah 10:1–2
Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
Zechariah 11:8
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
Psalm 78:59
On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of History of Israel Incest Leviticus, Book of Offerings and Sacrifices Psychics

Topics

Canaanites: Wickedness of Company: Evil Example: Bad, Admonitions Against

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