Leviticus 18:27

For all these abominations, have the men of the land done, who were before you; And so the land hath become unclean:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

26Ye, therefore, shall observe my statutes and my regulations, and have nothing to do with any of these abominations,—whether the home-born, or the sojourner that sojourneth in your midst;

28So shall the land not vomit you, through your making it unclean,—as it vomited the nation which was before you.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 20:18lest they teach you to do, according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods,—and so ye sin against Yahweh your God.

Deuteronomy 25:16For an abomination unto Yahweh thy God, is every one that doeth these things,—every one that doeth unjustly.

1 Kings 14:24Moreover also, there were, male devotees, in the land,—they did according to all the abominable practices of the nations, which Yahweh dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

2 Kings 21:2And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,—after the abominable practices of the nations, whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

Ezekiel 16:50So then they became haughty, and committed abomination before me,- And I took them away. when I saw [it],

Hosea 9:10Like grapes in the desert, found I Israel, like the first-ripe in the fig-tree when it is young, saw I your fathers,—they, entered Baal-peor, and devoted themselves to the Shameful Thing, Then became their abominations like their lusts.

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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