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'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.

Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

'For the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has vomited out its inhabitants.

And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

'But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments, and you shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the stranger who resides among you

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

(for the people of the land who were there before you did all these abominations, and the land has become defiled),

(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

so that the land will not vomit you out should you defile it, as it has vomited out the nation which was there before you.

That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

'For whoever does any of these abominations, those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people.

For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

'So you are to keep your commitment to Me not to practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves with them; I am the LORD your God.'"

Therefore 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.