there were even male cult prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.
Leviticus 18:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But you are to keep my statutes and ordinances. You must not commit any of these detestable acts #– #not the native or the foreigner who resides among you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So you shall keep My statutes and My ordinances and shall not commit any of these abominations, neither the native-born nor any stranger who sojourns among you, American Standard Version (1901) Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you Common English Bible But all of you must keep my rules and my regulations. You must not do any of these detestable things, neither citizen nor immigrant who lives with you ( Catholic Public Domain Version Keep my ordinances and judgments, and do not do any of these abominations: the native born, as well as the settler, who sojourns among you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Keep ye my ordinances and my judgments: and do not any of these abominations. Neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you. |
there were even male cult prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.
‘Anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside among them who eats any blood, I will turn against that person who eats blood and cut him off from his people.
‘Say to them: Anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside among them who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice
The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
For the people who were in the land prior to you have committed all these detestable acts, and the land has become defiled.
You must keep my instruction to not do any of the detestable customs that were practised before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them; I am the Lord your God.’
Keep my statutes and ordinances; a person will live if he does them. I am the Lord.
He said, ‘Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.’
But the seed in the good ground #– #these are the ones who, having heard the word with an honest and good heart, hold on to it and by enduring, produce fruit.
Be careful to do everything I command you; do not add anything to it or take anything away from it.
Keep his statutes and commands, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper and so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you for all time.’