Leviticus 18:27

For all these abominations have been done by the men of the land who have been before you, and the land hath been polluted;

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

In Context

26But you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, and commit none of these abominations, neither the native-born nor the sojourners who sojourn among you;

28That the land vomit you not out when ye defile it; as it will have cast out the people who were before you.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 20:18that they may not teach you to do according to all their abominations which they have done to their idols, and you sin against the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 25:16For everyone who doeth these things, everyone who acteth falsely, is an abomination before the Lord thy God.

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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