Leviticus 20:23

and ye walk not in the statutes of the nation which I am sending away from before you, for all these they have done, and I am wearied with them;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

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;

24and I say to you, Ye — ye do possess their ground, and I — I give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey; I [am] Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:2'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, I [am] Jehovah your God;

Leviticus 18:24'Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

Leviticus 18:30and ye have kept My charge, so as not to do [any] of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, and ye do not defile yourselves with them; I [am] Jehovah your God.'

Deuteronomy 12:30take heed to thee, lest thou be snared after them, after their being destroyed out of thy presence, and lest thou enquire about their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods, and I do so — even I?

Jeremiah 10:1Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you.

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 →

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