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Leviticus 18:24
24“ ‘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.
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:
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for the people I am driving out before you have defiled themselves in all these ways.
Context of Leviticus 18:24
22“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable. 23“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion. “ ‘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. 25Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. 26But you must keep my decrees and my laws. The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things,
Read all of Leviticus 18Leviticus 18:24 word by word
אַל־תִּֽטַּמְּא֖וּ בְּכָל־אֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֤י בְכָל־אֵ֙לֶּה֙ נִטְמְא֣וּ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥י מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 18:24
- Leviticus 18:6“ ‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.
- Jeremiah 44:4Again and again I sent my servants the prophets, who said, ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate!’
- Matthew 15:18But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
- Mark 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’
- 1 Corinthians 3:17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.
- Leviticus 20:22“ ‘Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out.
- Deuteronomy 12:31You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
- Deuteronomy 18:12Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord; because of these same detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those 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
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