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Leviticus 18:24-30

24Defileתִּֽטַּמְּא֖וּti.ta.me.'UH2930not ye yourselves in any of thesethingsH428: for in all these thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471aredefiledנִטְמְא֣וּnit.me.'UH2930which I castoutמְשַׁלֵּ֖חַme.sha.Le.achH7971beforeמִפְּנֵיכֶֽם׃mi.pe.nei.KhemH6440you:

25And thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776isdefiledוַתִּטְמָ֣אva.tit.Ma'H2930: therefore I dovisitוָאֶפְקֹ֥דva.'ef.KodH6485itsiniquityעֲוֹנָ֖הּ'a.vo.NahH5771upon it, and thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776itself spuethoutוַתָּקִ֥אva.ta.Ki'H6958herinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃yo.she.Vei.haH3427.

26Ye shall thereforekeepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣םu.she.mar.TemH8104mystatutesחֻקֹּתַי֙chu.ko.TaiH2708and myjudgmentsמִשְׁפָּטַ֔יmish.pa.TaiH4941, and shall notcommitתַעֲשׂ֔וּta.'a.SuH6213any of theseabominationsהַתּוֹעֵבֹ֖תha.to.'e.VotH8441; neither any of your ownnationהָֽאֶזְרָ֔חha.'ez.RachH249, nor anystrangerוְהַגֵּ֖רve.ha.GerH1616thatsojournethהַגָּ֥רha.GarH1481amongבְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃be.tokh.KhemH8432you:

27(For alltheseהָאֵ֔לha.'ElH411abominationsהַתּוֹעֵבֹ֣תha.to.'e.VotH8441have themenאַנְשֵֽׁי־'an.shei-H582of thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776doneעָשׂ֥וּ'a.SuH6213, who werebeforeלִפְנֵיכֶ֑םlif.nei.KhemH6440you, and thelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776isdefiledוַתִּטְמָ֖אva.tit.Ma'H2930;)

28That thelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776may not spue yououtתָקִ֤יאta.Ki'H6958also, when yedefileבְּטַֽמַּאֲכֶ֖םbe.ta.ma.'a.KhemH2930it, as it spuedoutקָאָ֛הka.'AhH6958thenationsהַגּ֖וֹיha.GoyH1471that werebeforeלִפְנֵיכֶֽם׃lif.nei.KhemH6440you.

29For whoever shallcommitיַעֲשֶׂ֔הya.'a.SehH6213any of theseabominationsהַתּוֹעֵב֖וֹתha.to.'e.VotH8441, even thesoulsהַנְּפָשׁ֥וֹתha.ne.fa.ShotH5315thatcommitהָעֹשֹׂ֖תha.'o.SotH6213them shall be cutoffוְנִכְרְת֛וּve.nikh.re.TuH3772fromamongמִקֶּ֥רֶבmi.Ke.revH7130theirpeopleעַמָּֽם׃'a.MamH5971.

30Therefore shall yekeepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣םu.she.mar.TemH8104myordinanceמִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗יmish.mar.TiH4931, that yecommitעֲשׂ֜וֹתa.SotH6213not any one of theseabominableהַתּֽוֹעֵבֹת֙ha.to.'e.VotH8441customsמֵחֻקּ֤וֹתme.chu.KotH2708, which werecommittedנַעֲשׂ֣וּna.'a.SuH6213beforeלִפְנֵיכֶ֔םlif.nei.KhemH6440you, and that yedefileתִֽטַּמְּא֖וּti.ta.me.'UH2930not yourselves in them: I am theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ פ'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.

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