“Then, in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the crookedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
Leviticus 18:24 - The Scriptures 2009 ‘Do not defile yourselves with all these, for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am driving out before you. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for in all these things the nations are defiled which I am casting out before you. American Standard Version (1901) Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you; Common English Bible Do not make yourselves unclean in any of these ways because that is how the nations that I am throwing out before you became unclean. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not pollute yourselves with any of these things, by which all of the nations, which I will cast out in your sight, have been contaminated Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled, which I will cast out before you, |
“Then, in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the crookedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
then I shall cut off Yisra’ĕl from the face of the soil which I have given them, and send away from My presence this house which I have set apart for My Name. And Yisra’ĕl shall be a proverb and a mockery among all the peoples.
But he did evil in the eyes of יהוה, according to the abominations of the nations whom יהוה dispossessed from before the children of Yisra’ĕl.
And when these matters had been done, the leaders came to me, saying, “The people of Yisra’ĕl and the priests and the Lĕwites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, as to their abominations, those of the Kena‛anites, the Ḥittites, the Perizzites, the Yeḇusites, the Ammonites, the Mo’aḇites, the Mitsrites, and the Amorites,
So they became unclean by their own works, And went whoring by their own deeds.
And I sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, “Please do not do this abominable matter that I hate!”
“Son of man, when the house of Yisra’ĕl dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. To Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her monthly period.
‘Do not do as they do in the land of Mitsrayim, where you dwelt. And do not do as they do in the land of Kena‛an, where I am bringing you, and do not walk in their laws.
‘And you shall guard My Charge, so as not to do any of these abominable laws which were done before you, so as not to defile yourselves by them. I am יהוה your Elohim.’ ”
And do not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell, for I, יהוה, am dwelling in the midst of the children of Yisra’ĕl.’ ”
If anyone destroys the Dwelling Place of Elohim, Elohim shall destroy him. For the Dwelling Place of Elohim is set-apart, which you are.
“Do not do so to יהוה your Elohim, for every abomination which יהוה hates they have done to their mighty ones, for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their mighty ones.
“For whoever does these is an abomination to יהוה, and because of these abominations יהוה your Elohim drives them out from before you.
“Do not think in your heart, after יהוה your Elohim has driven them out before you, saying, ‘Because of my righteousness יהוה has brought me in to possess this land.’ But it is because of the wrong of these nations that יהוה is driving them out from before you.
“It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wrong of these nations that יהוה your Elohim drives them out from before you, in order to establish the word which יהוה swore to your fathers, to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Ya‛aqoḇ.
“And we shall take ten men out of every hundred throughout all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to make food for the people, to prepare for their going to Giḇ‛ah in Binyamin, for all the folly they did in Yisra’ĕl.”
“And the masters of Giḇ‛ah rose against me, and surrounded the house at night because of me. They thought to kill me, but instead they humbled my concubine, and she died.
“Then I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the land of the inheritance of Yisra’ĕl, because they committed wickedness and folly in Yisra’ĕl.