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New Living Translation
Leviticus 18:24
"Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for the people I am driving out before you have defiled themselves in all these ways.
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Hebrew Names Version
"'Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
"'Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
King James Version
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
Lexham English Bible
"‘You must not make yourself unclean in any of these things, because the nations whom I am driving out from your presence were made unclean by all of these.
"‘You must not make yourself unclean in any of these things, because the nations whom I am driving out from your presence were made unclean by all of these.
New Century Version
"‘Don't make yourself unclean by any of these wrong things. I am forcing nations out of their countries because they did these sins, and I am giving their land to you.
"‘Don't make yourself unclean by any of these wrong things. I am forcing nations out of their countries because they did these sins, and I am giving their land to you.
New English Translation
"‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.
"‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.
Amplified Bible
'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.
'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.
New American Standard Bible
'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these things the nations which I am driving out from you have become defiled.
'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these things the nations which I am driving out from you have become defiled.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yee shall not defile your selues in any of these things: for in al these the nations are defiled, which I will cast out before you:
Yee shall not defile your selues in any of these things: for in al these the nations are defiled, which I will cast out before you:
Legacy Standard Bible
‘So do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.
‘So do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.
Contemporary English Version
Don't make yourselves unclean by any of these disgusting practices of those nations that I am forcing out of the land for you. They made themselves
Don't make yourselves unclean by any of these disgusting practices of those nations that I am forcing out of the land for you. They made themselves
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, because all the nations which I am expelling ahead of you are defiled with them.
"‘Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, because all the nations which I am expelling ahead of you are defiled with them.
Darby Translation
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.
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Don't make yourself unclean by doing any of these wrong things! I am throwing nations off their land and giving it to you because they did those terrible sins.
"Don't make yourself unclean by doing any of these wrong things! I am throwing nations off their land and giving it to you because they did those terrible sins.
English Standard Version
"Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean,
"Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean,
George Lamsa Translation
Do not defile yourselves in any of these things; for it was in all these that the nations are defiled which I am casting out before you;
Do not defile yourselves in any of these things; for it was in all these that the nations are defiled which I am casting out before you;
Good News Translation
Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these acts, for that is how the pagans made themselves unclean, those pagans who lived in the land before you and whom the Lord is driving out so that you can go in.
Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these acts, for that is how the pagans made themselves unclean, those pagans who lived in the land before you and whom the Lord is driving out so that you can go in.
Christian Standard Bible®
“Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.
“Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.
Literal Translation
Do not defile yourself with all these, for with all these the nations have been defiled, which I am casting out before you;
Do not defile yourself with all these, for with all these the nations have been defiled, which I am casting out before you;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye shal defyle youre selues in none of these thinges. For ye Heithen (whom I wil cast out before you) haue stayned them selues in all these,
Ye shal defyle youre selues in none of these thinges. For ye Heithen (whom I wil cast out before you) haue stayned them selues in all these,
American Standard Version
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;
Bible in Basic English
Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean:
Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye shall not defile your selues in any of these thinges: for in all these, the nations are defiled whiche I cast out before you.
Ye shall not defile your selues in any of these thinges: for in all these, the nations are defiled whiche I cast out before you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out from before you.
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out from before you.
King James Version (1611)
Defile not you your selues in any of these things: for in all these, the nations are defiled which I cast out before you.
Defile not you your selues in any of these things: for in all these, the nations are defiled which I cast out before you.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out before you,
Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out before you,
English Revised Version
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you:
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you:
Berean Standard Bible
Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Be ye not defoulid in alle these thingis, in whiche alle `folkis, ether hethen men, ben defoulid, whiche folkis Y schal caste out bifor youre siyt,
Be ye not defoulid in alle these thingis, in whiche alle `folkis, ether hethen men, ben defoulid, whiche folkis Y schal caste out bifor youre siyt,
Young's Literal Translation
`Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;
`Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;
Update Bible Version
Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations have been defiled which I am casting out from before you;
Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations have been defiled which I am casting out from before you;
Webster's Bible Translation
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
World English Bible
Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;
Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;
New King James Version
"Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you.
"Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you.
New Life Bible
‘Do not allow yourself to sin in any of these ways. For by doing all these things the nations that I am driving out in front of you became unclean.
‘Do not allow yourself to sin in any of these ways. For by doing all these things the nations that I am driving out in front of you became unclean.
New Revised Standard
Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for by all these practices the nations I am casting out before you have defiled themselves.
Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for by all these practices the nations I am casting out before you have defiled themselves.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Do not make yourselves unclean in any of these things, - For in all these things, have the nations made themselves unclean, whom, I, am sending out from before you.
Do not make yourselves unclean in any of these things, - For in all these things, have the nations made themselves unclean, whom, I, am sending out from before you.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled, which I will cast out before you,
Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled, which I will cast out before you,
Revised Standard Version
"Do not defile yourselves by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am casting out before you defiled themselves;
"Do not defile yourselves by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am casting out before you defiled themselves;
THE MESSAGE
"Don't pollute yourself in any of these ways. This is how the nations became polluted, the ones that I am going to drive out of the land before you. Even the land itself became polluted and I punished it for its iniquities—the land vomited up its inhabitants. You must keep my decrees and laws—natives and foreigners both. You must not do any of these abhorrent things. The people who lived in this land before you arrived did all these things and polluted the land. And if you pollute it, the land will vomit you up just as it vomited up the nations that preceded you.
"Don't pollute yourself in any of these ways. This is how the nations became polluted, the ones that I am going to drive out of the land before you. Even the land itself became polluted and I punished it for its iniquities—the land vomited up its inhabitants. You must keep my decrees and laws—natives and foreigners both. You must not do any of these abhorrent things. The people who lived in this land before you arrived did all these things and polluted the land. And if you pollute it, the land will vomit you up just as it vomited up the nations that preceded you.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.
'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.
Contextual Overview
19 "Do not have sexual relations with a woman during her period of menstrual impurity. 20 "Do not defile yourself by having sexual intercourse with your neighbor's wife. 21 "Do not permit any of your children to be offered as a sacrifice to Molech, for you must not bring shame on the name of your God. I am the Lord . 22 "Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin. 23 "A man must not defile himself by having sex with an animal. And a woman must not offer herself to a male animal to have intercourse with it. This is a perverse act. 24 "Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for the people I am driving out before you have defiled themselves in all these ways. 25 Because the entire land has become defiled, I am punishing the people who live there. I will cause the land to vomit them out. 26 You must obey all my decrees and regulations. You must not commit any of these detestable sins. This applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you. 27 "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. 28 So do not defile the land and give it a reason to vomit you out, as it will vomit out the people who live there now.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Defile: Leviticus 18:6-23, Leviticus 18:30, Jeremiah 44:4, Matthew 15:18-20, Mark 7:10-23, 1 Corinthians 3:17
for: Leviticus 20:22, Leviticus 20:23, Deuteronomy 12:31, Deuteronomy 18:12
Reciprocal: Exodus 34:24 - I will Leviticus 18:27 - General Leviticus 20:16 - And if a woman Deuteronomy 9:4 - for the wickedness Deuteronomy 24:4 - thou shalt 1 Kings 9:7 - will I cut 2 Chronicles 33:2 - like unto 2 Chronicles 33:9 - the heathen Ezra 9:1 - doing according Ezra 9:11 - The land Psalms 53:1 - have done Isaiah 24:5 - defiled Jeremiah 2:7 - ye defiled Jeremiah 3:1 - shall not that Ezekiel 11:12 - but Ezekiel 28:16 - therefore Ezekiel 31:11 - I have driven Ezekiel 36:17 - they defiled Micah 2:10 - because Malachi 2:11 - and an
Cross-References
Genesis 18:13
Then the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, ‘Can an old woman like me have a baby?'
Then the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, ‘Can an old woman like me have a baby?'
Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the Lord ? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."
Is anything too hard for the Lord ? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."
Genesis 18:32
Finally, Abraham said, "Lord, please don't be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?" And the Lord replied, "Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten."
Finally, Abraham said, "Lord, please don't be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?" And the Lord replied, "Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten."
Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord of Heaven's Armies had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah.
If the Lord of Heaven's Armies had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 5:1
"Run up and down every street in Jerusalem," says the Lord . "Look high and low; search throughout the city! If you can find even one just and honest person, I will not destroy the city.
"Run up and down every street in Jerusalem," says the Lord . "Look high and low; search throughout the city! If you can find even one just and honest person, I will not destroy the city.
Acts 27:24
and he said, ‘Don't be afraid, Paul, for you will surely stand trial before Caesar! What's more, God in his goodness has granted safety to everyone sailing with you.'
and he said, ‘Don't be afraid, Paul, for you will surely stand trial before Caesar! What's more, God in his goodness has granted safety to everyone sailing with you.'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things,.... In incestuous copulations and marriages, in adultery, corporeal and spiritual, and bestiality:
for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you; that is, the seven nations of the land of Canaan, which God was about to eject out of their land to make room for the Israelites, and that on account of the above shocking vices which abounded among them; so that in some sense the land they dwelt upon was defiled by them, and called for vengeance on them, as even loathing its inhabitants, as afterwards suggested.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The land designed and consecrated for His people by Yahweh Leviticus 25:23 is here impersonated, and represented as vomiting forth its present inhabitants, in consequence of their indulgence in the abominations that have been mentioned. The iniquity of the Canaanites was now full. See Genesis 15:16; compare Isaiah 24:1-6. The Israelites in this place, and throughout the chapter, are exhorted to a pure and holy life, on the ground that Yahweh, the Holy One, is their God and that they are His people. Compare Leviticus 19:2. It is upon this high sanction that they are peremptorily forbidden to defile themselves with the pollutions of the pagan. The only punishment here pronounced upon individual transgressors is, that they shall âbear their iniquityâ and be âcut off from among their people.â We must understand this latter phrase as expressing an âipso factoâ excommunication or outlawry, the divine Law pronouncing on the offender an immediate forfeiture of the privileges which belonged to him as one of the people in covenant with Yahweh. See Exodus 31:14 note. The course which the Law here takes seems to be first to appeal to the conscience of the individual man on the ground of his relation to Yahweh, and then Leviticus 20:0 to enact such penalties as the order of the state required, and as represented the collective conscience of the nation put into operation.
