Leviticus 18:25

The land became defiled, so I punished their sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.

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

In Context

24Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for in all these ways the nations are defiled, the nations that I will drive out from before you.

26You, therefore, must keep my commandments and decrees, and you must not do any of these detestable things, neither the native-born Israelite nor the foreigner who lives among you.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:28Therefore be careful so that the land does not vomit you up also after you have defiled it, as it vomited out the people who were before you.

Numbers 35:33Do not pollute in this way the land where you live, because blood from murder pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land when blood has been shed on it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

Deuteronomy 9:5It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that your God is driving them out from before you, and so that he may make come true the word that he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Ezra 9:11the commands that you gave to your servants the prophets, when you said, “This land that you are entering to possess is an unclean land. It is contaminated by the people of the lands with their abominations. They have filled it from one end to the other with their uncleanness.

Psalms 106:38They shed innocent blood, 1 the blood of their sons and of their daughters, 1 whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, 1 desecrating the land with blood. 1

Isaiah 26:21For, look, Yahweh is about to come out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; 1 the earth will uncover her bloodshed, and will no longer conceal 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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