Leviticus 20:23

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.

And ye shall not walk {H3212} in the manners {H2708} of the nation {H1471}, which I cast out {H7971} before {H6440} you: for they committed {H6213} all these things, and therefore I abhorred {H6973} them.

Do not live by the regulations of the nation which I am expelling ahead of you; because they did all these things, which is why I detested them.

You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

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.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Leviticus 18:24

    Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

  • Deuteronomy 9:5

    Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Leviticus 18:3

    After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

  • Leviticus 18:30

    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.

  • Leviticus 18:27

    (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which [were] before you, and the land is defiled;)

  • Deuteronomy 12:30

    Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

  • Deuteronomy 12:31

    Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

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