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I will cause the land to vomit them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and the land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has vomited out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216For the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has spewed out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘For the land has become defiled, therefore I have visited its punishment upon it, so the land has spewed out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So the land has become defiled, and I have brought its punishment upon it. And the land has vomited out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For the land has become defiled; therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and the land so unclean, that I punished the land because of their sins, and I made it vomit them up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The land has become unclean. I will punish it for its sins. The land will vomit out those who live in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Their actions made the land unclean, and so the LORD is punishing the land and making it reject the people who lived there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The land has been defiled, so I brought the punishment of its iniquity to it. As a result, the land is vomiting out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the land has become unclean and I have brought the punishment for its iniquity upon it, so that the land has vomited out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The land was defiled: therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit its iniquity upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The land was defiled. Therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity on it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the land shall be defiled: and I will strike iniquity upon it, and the land shall vomit forth its inhabitants.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And with which the land is defiled: the abominations of which I will visit, that it may vomit out its inhabitants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and by which the land has been polluted. I will visit the wickedness of the land, so that it may vomit out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And so the land has become defiled, and I have punished it for its wickedness, and the land has vomited out its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus the land became defiled; and I punished it for its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the land is defiled; therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it so that the land is bereaved of its inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the land was defiled and I repaid its evil upon it and I have emptied the land of its inhabitants.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the land was defiled, therefore I did visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and the land is polluted; and I have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/18-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=4912" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/18.htm">Unlawful Sexual Relations</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">Even the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: wat·tiṭ·mā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">has become defiled,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: wā·’ep̄·qōḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To attend to, visit, muster, appoint. A primitive root; to visit; by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.">so I am punishing it</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·nāh (N-csc:: 3fs) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">for its sin,</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">and the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6958.htm" title="6958: wat·tā·qi (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- Spue out, vomit out, up, up again. Or qayah; a primitive root; to vomit.">will vomit out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">its</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇe·hā (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">inhabitants.</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">Deuteronomy 18:12</a></span><br />For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-5.htm">Deuteronomy 9:5</a></span><br />It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Numbers 35:33-34</a></span><br />Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. / Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7</a></span><br />I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Jeremiah 16:18</a></span><br />And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-17.htm">Ezekiel 36:17-18</a></span><br />“Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity. / So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Isaiah 24:5-6</a></span><br />The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. / Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a></span><br />In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-11.htm">2 Kings 21:11-12</a></span><br />“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin, / this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38</a></span><br />They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3-5</a></span><br />All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” / Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. / For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24-27</a></span><br />Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. / They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. / For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Ephesians 5:5-6</a></span><br />For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. / Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-6</a></span><br />Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof on it, and the land itself vomits out her inhabitants.</p><p class="hdg">the land</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Numbers 35:33,34</a></b></br> So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye <i>are</i>: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38</a></b></br> And shed innocent blood, <i>even</i> the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Isaiah 24:5</a></b></br> The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.</p><p class="hdg">therefore</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/89-32.htm">Psalm 89:32</a></b></br> Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm">Isaiah 26:21</a></b></br> For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-9.htm">Jeremiah 5:9,29</a></b></br> Shall I not visit for these <i>things</i>? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? … </p><p class="hdg">vomiteth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/18-28.htm">Leviticus 18:28</a></b></br> That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that <i>were</i> before you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/20-22.htm">Leviticus 20:22</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/8-35.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-16.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-15.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/exodus/21-22.htm">Punished</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-17.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-3.htm">Puts</a> <a href="/genesis/15-1.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-16.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/revelation/12-16.htm">Spewed</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-14.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/exodus/32-34.htm">Visit</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-22.htm">Vomited</a> <a href="/jonah/2-10.htm">Vomiteth</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-24.htm">Wrongdoing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/18-30.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-27.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-10.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-8.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-8.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-20.htm">Punished</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-20.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-9.htm">Puts</a> <a href="/numbers/18-31.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-8.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-28.htm">Spewed</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-23.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-27.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/judges/15-1.htm">Visit</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-28.htm">Vomited</a> <a href="/job/34-37.htm">Vomiteth</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-21.htm">Wrongdoing</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/18-1.htm">Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Even the land has become defiled</b><br>The concept of the land being defiled is rooted in the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where the land is seen as a gift from God, contingent upon the people's obedience. In the ancient Near Eastern context, the land was often personified and seen as capable of being affected by human actions. This phrase underscores the seriousness of sin, not just as a personal or communal issue, but as something that impacts the very environment. The defilement of the land is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, seen in passages like <a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Numbers 35:33-34</a>, where bloodshed defiles the land, and <a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7</a>, where idolatry is said to pollute it.<p><b>so I am punishing it for its sin</b><br>The punishment of the land for its sin reflects the biblical principle of divine justice. In the historical context, this punishment often took the form of exile or conquest by foreign nations, as seen in the Babylonian exile. Theologically, this reflects the holiness of God and His intolerance of sin. The land's punishment is a direct consequence of the people's actions, emphasizing the corporate responsibility of the community. This principle is echoed in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where blessings and curses are tied to obedience and disobedience.<p><b>and the land will vomit out its inhabitants</b><br>The imagery of the land vomiting out its inhabitants is vivid and conveys the idea of expulsion due to impurity. This metaphor is used to describe the Canaanites' fate due to their abominations, as seen earlier in <a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Leviticus 18:3</a>. It serves as a warning to Israel that they are not immune to the same fate if they follow similar practices. This concept is reiterated in <a href="/leviticus/20-22.htm">Leviticus 20:22</a>, where obedience to God's statutes is linked to remaining in the land. Theologically, this can be seen as a type of final judgment, foreshadowing the ultimate separation of the righteous and the wicked, as seen in <a href="/matthew/25-31.htm">Matthew 25:31-46</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The primary audience of Leviticus, receiving God's laws through Moses.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_canaan.htm">The Land of Canaan</a></b><br>The land promised to the Israelites, which is described as being defiled by the practices of its current inhabitants.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_canaanites.htm">The Canaanites</a></b><br>The original inhabitants of the land, whose practices are considered abominable by God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader through whom God delivers His laws and commandments to the Israelites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The divine lawgiver, establishing moral and ceremonial laws for His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has consequences not only for individuals but also for communities and even the land itself.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_holiness_and_justice.htm">God's Holiness and Justice</a></b><br>God's response to sin is rooted in His holy nature and His commitment to justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_holiness.htm">The Call to Holiness</a></b><br>Believers are called to live distinct lives, avoiding the practices that defile and lead to judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_collective_sin.htm">The Impact of Collective Sin</a></b><br>The actions of a society can lead to collective consequences, emphasizing the need for communal repentance and righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_promise_of_restoration.htm">The Promise of Restoration</a></b><br>While judgment is real, God's ultimate desire is for restoration and redemption through repentance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jer._3_2_say_idolatry_'polluted'.htm">Why does Jeremiah 3:2 claim the land is “polluted” by idolatry when archaeological records provide no definitive evidence of such ecological devastation? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/proof_of_divine_judgment_turning_lands_barren.htm">Psalm 107:33–34 – Is there archaeological or geological proof that fertile lands were turned into deserts or rivers dried up purely as an act of divine judgment? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_god_displace_nations_for_israel.htm">In Exodus 23:23-31, why would a just God command the displacement of entire nations for Israel's sake?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_numbers_33_52-53_with_justice.htm">Numbers 33:52-53: How can a mandate to drive out entire populations and destroy their religious symbols be reconciled with other biblical passages promoting justice and compassion?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">The land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.</span>--From the creation the earth shared in the punishment of man's guilt (<a href="/genesis/3-17.htm" title="And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow shall you eat of it all the days of your life;">Genesis 3:17</a>), and at the restitution of all things she is to participate in his restoration (<a href="/context/romans/8-19.htm" title="For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the manifestation of the sons of God.">Romans 8:19-22</a>). The physical condition of the land, therefore, depends upon the moral conduct of man. When he disobeys God's commandments she is parched up and does not yield her fruit" (<a href="/deuteronomy/11-17.htm" title="And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest you perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD gives you.">Deuteronomy 11:17</a>). "The land is defiled" when he defiles himself. When he walks in the way of the Divine commands she is blessed (<a href="/leviticus/25-19.htm" title="And the land shall yield her fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.">Leviticus 25:19</a>; <a href="/leviticus/26-4.htm" title="Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.">Leviticus 26:4</a>); "God is merciful unto his land and to his people" (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-43.htm" title="Rejoice, O you nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful to his land, and to his people.">Deuteronomy 32:43</a>). Hence, "the earth mourneth" when her inhabitants sin (<a href="/context/isaiah/24-4.htm" title="The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.">Isaiah 24:4-5</a>), and "the earth is glad" when God avenges the cause of His people (<a href="/context/psalms/96-11.htm" title="Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof.">Psalm 96:11-13</a>). It is owing to this intimate connection between them that the land, which is here personified, is represented as loathing the wicked conduct of her children and being unable to restrain them. She nauseated them. The same figure is used in <a href="/leviticus/18-28.htm" title="That the land spew not you out also, when you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.">Leviticus 18:28</a>; <a href="/leviticus/20-22.htm" title="You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, where I bring you to dwell therein, spew you not out.">Leviticus 20:22</a>; and in <a href="/revelation/3-16.htm" title="So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.">Revelation 3:16</a>. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/18-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Even the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֔רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has become defiled,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּטְמָ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tiṭ·mā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so I am punishing it</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֶפְקֹ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ep̄·qōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6485.htm">Strong's 6485: </a> </span><span class="str2">To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for its sin,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲוֺנָ֖הּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·wō·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will vomit out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתָּקִ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tā·qi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6958.htm">Strong's 6958: </a> </span><span class="str2">Spue out, vomit out, up, up again </span><br /><br /><span class="word">its</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">inhabitants.</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yō·šə·ḇe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/18-25.htm">Leviticus 18:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/18-25.htm">Leviticus 18:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/18-25.htm">Leviticus 18:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/18-25.htm">Leviticus 18:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/18-25.htm">Leviticus 18:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/18-25.htm">Leviticus 18:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/18-25.htm">Leviticus 18:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/18-25.htm">Leviticus 18:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/18-25.htm">Leviticus 18:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/18-25.htm">Leviticus 18:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/18-25.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 18:25 The land was defiled: therefore I punished (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 18:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 18:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/18-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 18:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 18:26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>