Leviticus 18:28

That the land may not vomit you out also, when ye defile it, as it hath vomited out the nations that were before you.

Leeser Tanakh

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

27(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land hath become defiled;)

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

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:22And keep ye all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, may not vomit you forth.

Ezekiel 36:13Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast been one that hath ever cast out 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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