Leviticus 18:28

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

In Context

27For all these abominations, have the men of the land done, who were before you; And so the land hath become unclean:

29For whosoever shall have anything to do with any of these abominations, the persons who have, shall be cut off, out of the midst of their people.

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:22Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes and all my regulations, and do them,—So shall the land whereinto I am bringing you to dwell therein, not vomit you forth;

Ezekiel 36:13Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because they are saying to you. A devourer of men, thou art, And one that didst make childless thy nations, hast thou been

Romans 8:22For we know that, all creation, is sighing together, and travailing-in-birth-throes together until the present,—

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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