God’s Word Translation
Leviticus 18:29
29Whoever does any of these disgusting things must be excluded from the 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
27The people of the land who were there before you did all these disgusting things. As a result, the land has become unclean. 28If you make the land unclean, it will vomit you out as it has vomited out the people who were there before you. Whoever does any of these disgusting things must be excluded from the people. 30So you must follow my instructions. Don’t live by the standards of the people who lived there before you. What they do is disgusting. Never become unclean that way. 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- For whosoever shall commitעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- any of these abominationsתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
- even the soulsנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
- shall be cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
- from amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
- their peopleעַם‛am · kinsmanH5971
Cross-references for Leviticus 18:29
- Leviticus 17:10“If Israelites or foreigners eat any blood, I will condemn them and exclude them from the people,
- Leviticus 20:6“I will condemn people who turn to mediums and psychics and chase after them as though they were prostitutes. I will exclude them from the people.
- Exodus 12:15For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the very first day you must remove any yeast that you have in your houses. Whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh day must be excluded 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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