Leviticus 18:30
What does Leviticus 18:30 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 18:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Therefore 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord your God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Therefore 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So then, keep my orders, so that you may not do any of these disgusting things which were done before you, or make yourselves unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and ye have kept My charge, so as not to do <FI>any<Fi> of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, and ye do not defile yourselves with them; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Keep my commandments. Do not the things which they have done, that have been before you: and be not defiled therein. I am the Lord your God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And ye shall observe my charge, that ye commit not [any] of the abominable customs which were committed before you; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean therein: I am Jehovah yourGod.
Context
v.29For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 20:23
And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
- Leviticus 18:26
Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you
- Leviticus 18:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.
- Deuteronomy 18:9
When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
- Deuteronomy 11:1
Therefore thou shalt love Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, alway.
- Leviticus 22:9
They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.
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