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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/18.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/18.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“All these detestable activities are practiced by the people of the land where I am taking you, and this is how the land has become defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />(for the people of the land, who were before you, did all of these abominations, so that the land became unclean),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which <i>were</i> before you, and the land is defiled;)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />(for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who <i>were</i> before you, and thus the land is defiled),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />(for the people of the land who were <i>there</i> before you did all these abominations, and the land has become defiled),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />(for the men of the land who have been before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />(for the men of the land who have been before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />(for the men of the land who have been before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />(for all these repulsive acts have been done by the men who lived in the land before you, and the land has become defiled);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the people who were in the land prior to you have committed all these detestable acts, and the land has become defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the men who were in the land prior to you have committed all these detestable things, and the land has become defiled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The people of the land who were there before you did all these disgusting things. As a result, the land has become unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />because the inhabitants of the land did all of these detestable things and by doing so defiled the land before you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled;)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />(for the men of the land that were before you had done all these abominations, and the land became defiled), <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for the men of the land who [are] before you have done all these abominations and the land is defiled,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> (for all these abominations have the men of the land done who are before you, and the land is defiled),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For all these abominations did the men of the land which were before you, and the land shall be defiled.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For all these detestable things the inhabitants of the land have done, that; were before you, and have defiled it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For all these detestable things were done by the inhabitants of the land who were here before you, and they have polluted it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />because the previous inhabitants did all these abominations and the land became defiled;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />(for the inhabitants of the land, who were before you, committed all of these abominations, and the land became defiled);<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />(For all these sins have the men of the land done who were before you, and the land is defiled);<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because the men of the place that were before you did all of these sins and the land was defiled.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />(for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled,)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/18-27.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=4932" 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">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. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’an·šê- (N-mpc) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">the men</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.">who were in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê·ḵem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before you</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">committed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/411.htm" title="411: hā·’êl (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. A demonstrative particle these or those.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: hat·tō·w·‘ê·ḇōṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">abominations,</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/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> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before 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="/leviticus/20-23.htm">Leviticus 20:23</a></span><br />You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.<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="/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="/1_kings/14-24.htm">1 Kings 14:24</a></span><br />There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">2 Kings 16:3</a></span><br />Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-2.htm">2 Kings 21:2</a></span><br />And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-3.htm">2 Chronicles 28:3</a></span><br />Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-2.htm">2 Chronicles 33:2</a></span><br />And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/9-11.htm">Ezra 9:11</a></span><br />that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/44-22.htm">Jeremiah 44:22</a></span><br />So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-47.htm">Ezekiel 16:47</a></span><br />And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-30.htm">Ezekiel 20:30</a></span><br />Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did, prostituting yourselves with their abominations?<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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24</a></b></br> Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/20-18.htm">Deuteronomy 20:18</a></b></br> That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18</a></b></br> Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these <i>are</i> abomination unto the LORD thy God.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/18-26.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-9.htm">Country</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-25.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-26.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-25.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/18-29.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-10.htm">Country</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-31.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-29.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-28.htm">Unclean</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>For the men who were in the land before you</b><br>This phrase refers to the Canaanites, the original inhabitants of the land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Canaanites were known for their idolatrous practices and moral corruption. Archaeological findings, such as those at Ugarit, reveal a culture steeped in polytheism and fertility cults. The biblical narrative often contrasts the Israelites with the Canaanites to highlight the call to holiness and separation from pagan practices (<a href="/deuteronomy/7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1-5</a>).<p><b>committed all these abominations</b><br>The term "abominations" refers to practices that are detestable to God, particularly those related to sexual immorality and idolatry. <a href="/leviticus/18.htm">Leviticus 18</a> outlines specific prohibitions against incest, adultery, child sacrifice, and other sexual sins. These practices were common among the Canaanites and are condemned throughout Scripture (<a href="/deuteronomy/18-9.htm">Deuteronomy 18:9-12</a>). The use of the word "all" emphasizes the comprehensive nature of their sinfulness, which justified their expulsion from the land.<p><b>and the land has become defiled</b><br>The concept of land becoming defiled is significant in the Old Testament, where the land is seen as a gift from God that must be kept pure. The defilement of the land is a result of the inhabitants' sins, which pollute it and make it unfit for God's presence. This idea is echoed in <a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Numbers 35:33-34</a>, where bloodshed defiles the land, and in <a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Jeremiah 2:7</a>, where idolatry is said to defile the land. The defilement necessitates divine judgment and cleansing, often through the removal of the sinful inhabitants, as seen in the conquest narratives of Joshua.<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_canaanites.htm">The Canaanites</a></b><br>The previous inhabitants of the Promised Land, known for their idolatrous and immoral practices.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of the Israelites, through whom God delivered the laws.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate lawgiver, establishing moral and ceremonial laws for His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_abominations.htm">Understanding Abominations</a></b><br>Recognize that the term "abominations" (Hebrew: to'evah) refers to practices that are detestable to God, often linked to idolatry and sexual immorality.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequence_of_sin.htm">The Consequence of Sin</a></b><br>The defilement of the land serves as a warning that sin has communal and environmental consequences, affecting more than just the individual.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_separation.htm">Holiness and Separation</a></b><br>God calls His people to be holy and separate from the practices of the world, emphasizing the importance of living according to His standards.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_patience.htm">God's Justice and Patience</a></b><br>The judgment on the Canaanites demonstrates God's justice, but also His patience, as He gave them time to repent.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/application_to_modern_life.htm">Application to Modern Life</a></b><br>Believers today are called to examine their lives and communities for practices that may defile their spiritual environment and to seek purity and holiness.<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/what_defines_personal_convictions.htm">What defines an abomination?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_homosexuality_a_sin_in_the_bible.htm">Is homosexuality considered a sin in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_personalism's_core_principle.htm">Should the church accept practicing homosexuals as members?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_bisexuality_a_sin_in_the_bible.htm">Is bisexuality considered a sin in the Bible?</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>(27) <span class= "bld">For all these abominations.</span>--Though the contents of this verse are substantially the same as those in <a href="/context/leviticus/18-24.htm" title="Defile not you yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:">Leviticus 18:24-25</a>, yet the wording is different. In the former the Israelites are exhorted not <span class= "ital">to pollute </span>themselves as the different tribes or nations have both polluted themselves and the land, whilst here <span class= "ital">the inhabitants of Canaan </span>are more specifically described as having <span class= "ital">practised </span>the abominations. The repetition of the same sentiments in diiferent words, as is frequently the case in Hebrew, is designed to impart emphasis. The parentheses are unnecessary.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/18-27.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">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֚י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the men</span><br /><span class="heb">אַנְשֵֽׁי־</span> <span class="translit">(’an·šê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who were in 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">before you</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">committed</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשׂ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_411.htm">Strong's 411: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">abominations,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tō·w·‘ê·ḇōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָֽרֶץ׃</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">וַתִּטְמָ֖א</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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/18-27.htm">Leviticus 18:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/18-27.htm">Leviticus 18:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/18-27.htm">Leviticus 18:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/18-27.htm">Leviticus 18:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/18-27.htm">Leviticus 18:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/18-27.htm">Leviticus 18:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/18-27.htm">Leviticus 18:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/18-27.htm">Leviticus 18:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/18-27.htm">Leviticus 18:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/18-27.htm">Leviticus 18:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/18-27.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 18:27 For all these abominations have the men (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/18-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 18:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 18:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/18-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 18:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 18:28" /></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>