Leviticus 20:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Leviticus 20:23 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And 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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and ye walk not in the statutes of the nation which I am sending away from before you, for all these they have done, and I am wearied with them;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 20:23 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 18:2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 18:3You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
- Leviticus 18:24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
- Leviticus 18:27For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.
- Leviticus 18:30You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
- Deuteronomy 9:5It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 12:30be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
- Psalms 78:59On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
- Jeremiah 10:1Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel.
- Zechariah 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).