Leviticus 20:23
Leviticus chapter 20 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
Context
v.22Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out.
v.23This passage
v.24But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 78:59
When God heardthis, he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;
- Leviticus 18:24
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;
- Jeremiah 10:1
Hear ye the word which Jehovah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
- Deuteronomy 12:30
take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
- Leviticus 18:3
After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes.
- Leviticus 18:30
Therefore 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.