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 18:30 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So keep My charge: do not practice any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you and defile yourselves by them. I am the Lord your God. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God. Common English Bible You must keep my requirement of not doing any of the detestable practices that were done before you arrived so that you don’t make yourselves unclean by them; I am the LORD your God. Catholic Public Domain Version Keep my commandments. Do not be willing to do the things which have been done by those who were before you, and do not be polluted by these things. I am the Lord your God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Keep my commandments. Do not the things which they have done, that have been before you: and be not defiled therein. I am the Lord your God. |
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.
He committed the most detestable acts by following idols as the Amorites had, whom the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.
After these things had been done, the leaders approached me and said, ‘The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples whose detestable practices are like those of the Canaanites, Hethites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
Any person who does any of these detestable practices is to be cut off from his people.
You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and I abhorred them.
They must keep my instruction, or they will be guilty and die because they profane it; I am the Lord who sets them apart.
‘Therefore, love the Lord your God and always keep his mandate and his statutes, ordinances, and commands.
be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not enquire about their gods, asking, “How did these nations worship their gods? I’ll also do the same.”
You must not do the same to the Lord your God, because they practise every detestable act, which the Lord hates, for their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
Then I took my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout Israel’s territory, because they have committed a wicked outrage in Israel.