Leviticus 18:28

that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

In Context

27for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled —

29For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:22Ye shall therefore keep all My statutes, and all Mine ordinances, and do them, that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out.

Ezekiel 36:13Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because they say unto you: Thou land art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nations;

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 →

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