Leviticus 18:29

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“Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.”

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BSBPD

“Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for 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;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 18:29 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 12:15For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
  2. Exodus 30:33Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.’”
  3. Leviticus 7:20But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.
  4. Leviticus 7:21If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”
  5. Leviticus 17:10If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
  6. Leviticus 20:6Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
  7. Malachi 2:12As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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