Leviticus 18:29
What does Leviticus 18:29 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 18:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For all those who do any of these disgusting things will be cut off from among their people.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862for any one who doth <FI>any<Fi> of all these abominations--even the persons who are doing <FI>so<Fi> , have been cut off from the midst of their people;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Every soul that shall commit any of these abominations, shall perish from the midst of his people.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For whoever committeth any of these abominations, ...the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
Context
v.28that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
v.29This passage
v.30Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 12:15
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
- Leviticus 20:6
And the soul that turneth unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to play the harlot after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 17:10
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
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