God heard this and became very angry.\par And He rejected Israel completely!\par
Leviticus 20:23 - Easy To Read Version I am forcing other people to leave that country. Why? Because those people did all of those sins! I hate those {sins}! So don’t live the way those people lived! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I was wearied and grieved by them. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible You must not follow the practices of the nations that I am throwing out before you, because they did all these things and I was disgusted with them. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not be willing to walk by the ordinances of the nations, which I will expel before you. For they have done all these things, and so I abominate them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Walk not after the laws of the nations, which I will cast out before you. For they have done all these things: and therefore I abhorred them. |
God heard this and became very angry.\par And He rejected Israel completely!\par
“Don’t make yourself unclean [331] with any of those wrong things! I am throwing nations out of their countries and giving their land to you! Why? Because those people did those terrible sins!
They made the land filthy [332] ! Now the land {is sick of those things}! And the land is vomiting out the people who lived there!
The people who lived in the land before you did all those terrible things. So the land became filthy [333] !
In the past, you lived in Egypt. You must not do the things that were done in that country! I am leading you to Canaan. You must not do the things that are done in that country! Don’t follow their customs.
Other people have done those terrible sins. But you must obey my laws! You must not do any of those terrible sins! Don’t make yourself filthy with those terrible sins! I am the Lord your God.”
I fired the three shepherds all in one month. I became angry at the sheep, and they began to hate me.
You are going in to take their land, but not because you are good and live right. You are going in, and the Lord your God is forcing those people out because of the evil way they lived. And the Lord wants to keep the promise he made to your ancestors [57] —Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.