Leviticus 20:23
+ 20:23. Lev 20:23 (Lev 20:22-26) (#2b.143): T. Not to adopt the practices or institutions of idolaters / R. Not to imitate idolaters in their customs and clothing You shall not walk in the regulations and customs of the nations, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
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Leviticus 18:2“Speak to the children of Israel [God prevails], and say to them, ‘I am Adonai your God.
Leviticus 18:24“‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
Leviticus 18:30Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these abominable regulations and customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them. I am Adonai your God.’” 1 Haftarah Acharei Mot ·Taking leave· ·After the Death·: 1 Yechezk'el / Ezekiel 22:1-19 (A); 22:1-16 (S) 1 B'rit Hadashah ·New Covenant·: John 7:1-52
Deuteronomy 12:30be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before you; and that you not inquire after their deities, saying, “How do these nations abad ·serve· their deities? I will do likewise.”
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 20:23-27
22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. 23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. 24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people. 25 Ye… Read the whole commentary →