Leviticus 18:27
For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
28So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:18so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 25:16For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
1 Kings 14:24There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
2 Kings 21:2And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
Ezekiel 16:50Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.
Hosea 9:10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 18:20-30
Laws against Iniquity. ( b. c. 1490.) 19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. 20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord . 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile… Read the whole commentary →