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for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/18-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>For the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has spewed out its inhabitants. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/18-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments and shall not do any of these abominations, <i>neither</i> the native, nor the alien who sojourns among you <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/18-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>(for the men of the land who have been before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled); <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/18-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>so that the land will not spew you out, should you defile it, as it has spewed out the nation which has been before you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/18-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>For whoever does any of these abominations, those persons who do <i>so</i> shall be cut off from among their people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/leviticus/18-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>Thus you are to keep My charge, that you do not practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves with them; I am the L<font size="1">ORD</font> your God. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled, which I will cast out before you, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/leviticus/18.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Make not yourselves unclean in any of these things; for in all these have the nations which I am casting out before you made themselves unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />"'Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lee/sermons_on_various_important_subjects/sermon_xi_general_character_of.htm">General Character of Christians. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"And they that are Christ's have crucified the Flesh, with the Affections and Lusts." St. Paul is supposed to have been the first herald of gospel grace to the Galatians; and they appear to have rejoiced at the glad tidings, and to have received the bearer with much respect. But after his departure, certain judaizing teachers went among them, and labored but too successfully, to alienate their affections from him, and turn them form the simplicity of the gospel. The malice and errors of those deceitful <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lee/sermons_on_various_important_subjects/sermon_xi_general_character_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Andrew Lee et al—</span><span class="citation2">Sermons on Various Important Subjects</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_iv_they_have_corrupted.htm">"They have Corrupted Themselves; their Spot is not the Spot of his Children; they are a Perverse and Crooked Generation. "</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Deut. xxxii. 5.--"They have corrupted themselves; their spot is not the spot of his children; they are a perverse and crooked generation." We doubt this people would take well with such a description of themselves as Moses gives. It might seem strange to us, that God should have chosen such a people out of all the nations of the earth, and they to be so rebellious and perverse, if our own experience did not teach us how free his choice is, and how long-suffering he is, and constant in his choice. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_iv_they_have_corrupted.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Hugh Binning—</span><span class="citation2">The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/burgon/inspiration_and_interpretation/sermon_vi_the_doctrine_of.htm">The Doctrine of Arbitrary Scriptural Accommodation Considered. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"But the Righteousness which is of Faith speaketh on this wise,--Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into Heaven?' (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) or, Who shall descend into the deep?' (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth; and in thine heart:' that is, the word of Faith, which we preach; that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/burgon/inspiration_and_interpretation/sermon_vi_the_doctrine_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John William Burgon—</span><span class="citation2">Inspiration and Interpretation</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gregory/the_epistles_of_saint_gregory_the_great/epistle_lxiv_to_augustine_bishop.htm">Epistle Lxiv. To Augustine, Bishop of the Angli . </a><br></span><span class="snippet">To Augustine, Bishop of the Angli [174] . Here begins the epistle of the blessed Gregory pope of the city of Rome, in exposition of various matters, which he sent into transmarine Saxony to Augustine, whom he had himself sent in his own stead to preach. Preface.--Through my most beloved son Laurentius, the presbyter, and Peter the monk, I received thy Fraternity's letter, in which thou hast been at pains to question me on many points. But, inasmuch as my aforesaid sons found me afflicted with the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gregory/the_epistles_of_saint_gregory_the_great/epistle_lxiv_to_augustine_bishop.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Gregory the Great—</span><span class="citation2">the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_xxxv_the_two_sabbath-controversies.htm">The Two Sabbath-Controversies - the Plucking of the Ears of Corn by the Disciples, and the Healing of the Man with the Withered Hand</a><br></span><span class="snippet">IN grouping together the three miracles of healing described in the last chapter, we do not wish to convey that it is certain they had taken place in precisely that order. Nor do we feel sure, that they preceded what is about to be related. In the absence of exact data, the succession of events and their location must be matter of combination. From their position in the Evangelic narratives, and the manner in which all concerned speak and act, we inferred, that they took place at that particular <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_xxxv_the_two_sabbath-controversies.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alfred Edersheim—</span><span class="citation2">The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_ten_commandments/1_1_obedience.htm">Obedience</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments.' Deut 27: 9, 10. What is the duty which God requireth of man? Obedience to his revealed will. It is not enough to hear God's voice, but we must obey. Obedience is a part of the honour we owe to God. If then I be a Father, where is my honour?' Mal 1: 6. Obedience carries in it the life-blood of religion. Obey the voice of the Lord <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_ten_commandments/1_1_obedience.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">The Ten Commandments</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_blessings_of_noah_upon.htm">The Blessings of Noah Upon Shem and Japheth. (Gen. Ix. 18-27. )</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Ver. 20. "And Noah began and became an husbandman, and planted vineyards."--This does not imply that Noah was the first who began to till the ground, and, more especially, to cultivate the vine; for Cain, too, was a tiller of the ground, Gen. iv. 2. The sense rather is, that Noah, after the flood, again took up this calling. Moreover, the remark has not an independent import; it serves only to prepare the way for the communication of the subsequent account of Noah's drunkenness. By this remark, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_blessings_of_noah_upon.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—</span><span class="citation2">Christology of the Old Testament</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the_practice_of_piety/meditations_for_household_piety.htm">Meditations for Household Piety. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">1. If thou be called to the government of a family, thou must not hold it sufficient to serve God and live uprightly in thy own person, unless thou cause all under thy charge to do the same with thee. For the performance of this duty God was so well pleased with Abraham, that he would not hide from him his counsel: "For," saith God, "I know him that he will command his sons and his household after him that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the_practice_of_piety/meditations_for_household_piety.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Lewis Bayly—</span><span class="citation2">The Practice of Piety</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/appendix_ii_philo_of_alexandria.htm">Appendix ii. Philo of Alexandria and Rabbinic Theology. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">(Ad. vol. i. p. 42, note 4.) In comparing the allegorical Canons of Philo with those of Jewish traditionalism, we think first of all of the seven exegetical canons which are ascribed to Hillel. These bear chiefly the character of logical deductions, and as such were largely applied in the Halakhah. These seven canons were next expanded by R. Ishmael (in the first century) into thirteen, by the analysis of one of them (the 5th) into six, and the addition of this sound exegetical rule, that where two <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/appendix_ii_philo_of_alexandria.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alfred Edersheim—</span><span class="citation2">The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/leviticus.htm">Leviticus</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The emphasis which modern criticism has very properly laid on the prophetic books and the prophetic element generally in the Old Testament, has had the effect of somewhat diverting popular attention from the priestly contributions to the literature and religion of Israel. From this neglect Leviticus has suffered most. Yet for many reasons it is worthy of close attention; it is the deliberate expression of the priestly mind of Israel at its best, and it thus forms a welcome foil to the unattractive <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/leviticus.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../leviticus/18-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 18:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 18:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../leviticus/18-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 18:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 18:25" /></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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/leviticus/18-24.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>