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Leviticus 18:29
29Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.
Leviticus 18:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Everyone who does any of these detestable things—such persons must be cut off from their people.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For everyone who does any of these abominations, the persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For whoever commits any of these abominations, the persons who commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
Context of Leviticus 18:29
27For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled. 28So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you. Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people. 30You 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.”
Read all of Leviticus 18Leviticus 18:29 word by word
כִּ֚י כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר יַעֲשֶׂ֔ה מִכֹּ֥ל הַתּוֹעֵב֖וֹת הָאֵ֑לֶּה וְנִכְרְת֛וּ הַנְּפָשׁ֥וֹת הָעֹשֹׂ֖ת מִקֶּ֥רֶב עַמָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
- Thereforeכִּיkîy · forH3588
- anyoneכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- commitsעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- of theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
- abominationsתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
- must be cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
- must be cut offנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
- from amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
- his peopleעַם‛am · kinsmanH5971
Cross-references for Leviticus 18:29
- Leviticus 17:10If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 20:6Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
- Exodus 12:15For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
Commentaries on Leviticus 18:29
- 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
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. the souls that commit them shall be cut off--This strong denunciatory language is applied to all the crimes specified in the chapter without distinction: to incest as truly as to bestiality, and to the eleven cases of affinity [Le 18:7-16], as fully as to the six of consanguinity [Le 18:17-20]. Death is the punishment sternly denounced against all of them. No language could be more explicit or universal; none could more strongly indicate intense…Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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
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