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

22You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination. 23You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion. 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. 25Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. 26But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.

Leviticus 18:24 word by word

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

• Do notאַל'al · notH408
• defileטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• yourselves by anyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• of these practicesאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• Iאֲנִי'ănîy · IH589
• am driving outשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• before youפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for Leviticus 18:24

• Leviticus 18:6None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.
• Jeremiah 44:4Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
• Matthew 15:18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
• Mark 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
• 1 Corinthians 3:17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
• Leviticus 20:22You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
• Deuteronomy 12:31You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
• Deuteronomy 18:12For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.

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