KJV King James Version
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which [were] before you, and the land is defiled;)
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Leviticus 18:27
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which [were] before you, and the land is defiled;)
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.
WEB World English Bible
(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled);
ASV American Standard Version
(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
(for all these abominations have the men of the land done who are before you, and the land is defiled),
Surrounding context — Leviticus 18
24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit [any] of these abominations; [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which [were] before you, and the land is defiled;)
28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that [were] before you.
29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit [them] shall be cut off from among their people.
30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that [ye] commit not [any one] of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I [am] the LORD your God.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּ֚יH3588 · kiforאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallהַתּוֹעֵבֹ֣תH8441 · to.e.vahabominationהָאֵ֔לH411 · eltheseעָשׂ֥וּH6213 · a.sahto make: doאַנְשֵֽׁי־H582 · e.noshhumanהָאָ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichלִפְנֵיכֶ֑םH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeוַתִּטְמָ֖אH2930 · ta.meto defileהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 23:18Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.Deuteronomy 20:18That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.1 Kings 14:24And there were also sodomites in the land: [and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.2 Chronicles 36:14Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.Leviticus 18:24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:2 Kings 21:2And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.Ezekiel 22:11And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.2 Kings 16:3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.Deuteronomy 25:16For all that do such things, [and] all that do unrighteously, [are] an abomination unto the LORD thy God.Ezekiel 16:50And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good].Hosea 9:10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: [but] they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto [that] shame; and [their] abominations were according as they loved.
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