(for the menof the landwhohave been beforeyou have donealltheseabominations,and the landhas becomedefiled);
There were alsomalecultprostitutesin the land.They didaccording to allthe abominationsof the nationswhichthe LORDdispossessedbeforethe sonsof Israel.
But he walkedin the wayof the kingsof Israel,and evenmade his sonpassthrough the fire,according to the abominationsof the nationswhomthe LORDhad drivenout from beforethe sonsof Israel.
He didevilin the sightof the LORD,according to the abominationsof the nationswhomthe LORDdispossessedbeforethe sonsof Israel.
Furthermore,allthe officialsof the priestsand the peoplewere veryunfaithful[following] allthe abominationsof the nations;and they defiledthe houseof the LORDwhichHe had sanctifiedin Jerusalem.
"Thus they were haughtyand committedabominationsbeforeMe. Therefore I removedthem whenI saw[it].
"Onehas committedabominationwith his neighbor'swifeand anotherhas lewdlydefiledhis daughter-in-law.And anotherin you has humbledhis sister,his father'sdaughter.
I foundIsraellike grapesin the wilderness;I sawyour forefathersas the earliestfruiton the figtreein its first[season]. [But] they cameto Baal-peorand devotedthemselves to shame,And they becameas detestableas that whichthey loved.
Do not defileyourselves by anyof thesethings;for by allthesethe nationswhichI am castingout beforeyou have becomedefiled.
But as for you, you are to keepMy statutesand My judgmentsand shall not doanyof theseabominations,[neither] the native,nor the alienwho sojournsamongyou
so that the landwill not spewyou out, should you defileit, as it has spewedout the nationwhichhas been beforeyou.
sothat they may not teachyou to doaccording to alltheir detestablethingswhichthey have donefor their gods,so that you would sinagainst the LORDyour God.
"You shall not bringthe hireof a harlotor the wagesof a doginto the houseof the LORDyour Godfor anyvotiveoffering,for bothof these are an abominationto the LORDyour God.
"For everyonewhodoesthesethings,everyonewho actsunjustlyis an abominationto the LORDyour God.
Cursedis the manwhomakesan idolor a moltenimage,an abominationto the LORD,the workof the handsof the craftsman,and sets[it] up in secret.'And allthe peopleshall answerand say,'Amen.'
