Tree of Life Version
Leviticus 18:24
24“Do not defile yourselves in any of these things, for in all of these ways the nations which I am casting out before you were 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:
- 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
22“You are not to lie with a man, as with a woman—that is an abomination. 23You are not to lie with any animal to defile yourself with it, nor is any woman to give herself to an animal, to lie down with it—that is a perversion. “Do not defile yourselves in any of these things, for in all of these ways the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled. 25The land has become defiled, so I will punish its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. 26You, however, are to keep My statutes and My ordinances, and do none of these abominations, neither the native-born, nor the outsider dwelling among you.
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“None of you is to come near anyone who is his close relatives to uncover their nakedness. I am Adonai.
- Jeremiah 44:4Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, sending them early and often, saying: ‘Oh, do not do this loathsome thing that I hate.’
- Matthew 15:18But the things that proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and those things make the man unholy.
- Mark 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of 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 20:22“Now you are to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them, so that the land where I am bringing you to dwell will not vomit you out.
- Deuteronomy 12:31You are not to act like this toward Adonai your God! For every abomination of Adonai, which He hates, they have done to their gods—they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
- Deuteronomy 18:12For whoever does these things is an abomination to Adonai, and because of these abominations Adonai your God is driving them out from 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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