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Leviticus 18:24-30

24DefileH2930notyeyourselvesH2930inanyofthesethingsH428:forinallthesethenationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471aredefiledH2930whichIcastoutfrombeforeyou;

25andthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776isdefiledH2930:thereforeIdovisitוָאֶפְקֹ֥דva.'ef.KodH6485theiniquityעֲוֹנָ֖הּ'a.vo.NahH5771thereofuponit,andthelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776vomitethoutherinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃yo.she.Vei.haH3427.

26Yethereforeshallkeepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣םu.she.mar.TemH8104mystatutesH2708andmineordinancesH4941,andshallnotdoanyoftheseabominationsהַתּוֹעֵבֹ֖תha.to.'e.VotH8441;neitherthehome-born,northestrangerthatsojournethamongyou

27(foralltheseabominationsהַתּוֹעֵבֹ֣תha.to.'e.VotH8441havethemenH376ofthelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776done,thatwerebeforeyou,andthelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776isdefiledH2930);

28thatthelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776vomitH6958notyououtalso,whenH834yedefileH2930it,asitvomitedoutthenationהַגּ֖וֹיha.GoyH1471thatwasbeforeyou.

29Forwhosoevershalldoanyoftheseabominationsהַתּוֹעֵב֖וֹתha.to.'e.VotH8441,eventhesoulsH5315thatdothemshallbecutוְנִכְרְת֛וּve.nikh.re.TuH3772offfromamongtheirpeopleעַמָּֽם׃'a.MamH5971.

30Thereforeshallyekeepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣םu.she.mar.TemH8104mychargeH4931,thatye practisenotanyoftheseabominablecustomsמֵחֻקּ֤וֹתme.chu.KotH2708,whichwerepractisedbeforeyou,andthatyedefileH2930notyourselvesתִֽטַּמְּא֖וּti.ta.me.'UH2930therein:IamJehovahyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ פ'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.

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