Leviticus 18:25

And HaAretz became tamei; therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and HaAretz itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

In Context

24Make not yourselves tamei in any of these things; for in all these the Goyim which I cast out before you became tamei;

26Ye shall therefore be shomer over My chukkot and My mishpatim, and shall not commit any of these to'evot; no, neither any of your ezrach, nor any ger that sojourneth among you;

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:28That HaAretz vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the Goyim that were before you.

Numbers 35:33So ye shall not pollute HaAretz wherein ye are; for dahm pollutes HaAretz; and kapporah cannot be made for HaAretz for the shefach dahm therein, except by the dahm of him that committed shefach dahm (shedding of blood).

Deuteronomy 9:5Not for thy tzedakah, or for the yosher (uprightness) of thine lev, dost thou go to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these Goyim Hashem Eloheicha doth drive them out from before thee, and that He may perform the word which Hashem swore unto Avoteicha, Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya'akov.

Ezra 9:11Which Thou hast commanded by Thy avadim the nevi'im, saying, HaAretz, unto which ye go to possess it, is an eretz niddah (unclean land) with the filthiness of the Am HaAretz, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their tum'a.

Psalms 106:38And they shed dahm naki (innocent blood), 1 even the dahm of their banim and of their banot, 1 whom they sacrificed unto the atzabei Kena'an (idols of Canaan); 1 and HaAretz was polluted with blood-guilt. 1

Isaiah 26:21For, hinei, Hashem goeth forth from His Makom (place, home) 1 to punish the avon (iniquity) of inhabitants of ha'aretz; 1 ha'aretz also shall disclose her dahm, 1 and shall no more cover over her slain.

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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