Leviticus 18:24

Leviticus 18:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean,
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you.

Context of Leviticus 18:24

22Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 23And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion. Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you; 25and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants. 26Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you

Leviticus 18:24 word by word

אַל־תִּֽטַּמְּא֖וּ בְּכָל־אֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֤י בְכָל־אֵ֙לֶּה֙ נִטְמְא֣וּ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥י מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Defileטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• thingsאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Leviticus 18:24

• Leviticus 18:6None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Jehovah.
• Jeremiah 44:4Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
• Matthew 15:18But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.
• Mark 7:10For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:
• 1 Corinthians 3:17If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.
• Leviticus 20:22Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out.
• Deuteronomy 12:31Thou shalt not do so unto Jehovah thy God: for every abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.
• Deuteronomy 18:12For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

Commentaries on Leviticus 18:24

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24-30Verses 24-30 The land designed and consecrated for His people by Yahweh Leviticus 25:23 is here impersonated, and represented as vomiting forth its present inhabitants, in consequence of their indulgence in the abominations that have been mentioned. The iniquity of the Canaanites was now full. See Genesis 15:16; compare Isaiah 24:1-6. The Israelites in this place, and throughout the chapter, are exhorted to a pure and holy life, on the ground that Yahweh…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-25any 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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Defile not yourselves in any of these things--In the preceding verses seventeen express cases of incest are enumerated; comprehending eleven of affinity [Le 18:7-16], and six of consanguinity [Le 18:17-20], together with some criminal enormities of an aggravated and unnatural character. In such prohibitions it was necessary for the instruction of a people low in the scale of moral perception, that the enumeration should be very specific as well as…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Leviticus 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings