Leviticus 20:23 - Tree of Life Version You are not to walk in the ways of the nation which I am casting out before you, for they did all these things and therefore I abhorred them. 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. |
“Do not defile yourselves in any of these things, for in all of these ways the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
The land has become defiled, so I will punish its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
“For all these abominations were done by the men of the land who were before you, and the land became defiled.
You are not to act as they do in the land of Egypt, where you used to live. Nor are you to act as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, nor are you to walk in their customs.
Therefore you are to keep My charge, so that you do not practice any of these detestable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am Adonai your God.”
Next I disposed of the three shepherds in one month—for my soul was impatient with them and their soul also detested me.
It is not by your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are going in to possess their land. Rather, because of the wickedness of these nations, Adonai your God is driving them out from before you, and in order to keep the word Adonai swore to your fathers—to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.