Leviticus 18:28

and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which [is] before you;

Young's Literal Translation

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

27(for all these abominations have the men of the land done who [are] before you, and the land is defiled),

29for any one who doth [any] of all these abominations — even the persons who are doing [so], have been cut off from the midst of their people;

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:22'And ye have kept all My statutes, and all My judgments, and have done them, and the land vomiteth you not out whither I am bringing you in to dwell in it;

Ezekiel 36:13Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because they are saying to you: A devourer of men [art] thou, And a bereaver of thy nations thou hast been,

Romans 8:22for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.

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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