Leviticus 20:23

23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

Leviticus 20:23 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
23 And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I detested them.
NLT
23 Do not live according to the customs of the people I am driving out before you. It is because they do these shameful things that I detest them.
MSG
23 You simply must not live like the nations I'm driving out before you. They did all these things and I hated every minute of it.
CSB
23 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.

Leviticus 20:23 In-Context

21 “ ‘If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.
22 “ ‘Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out.
23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
24 But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the nations.
25 “ ‘You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds. Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground—those that I have set apart as unclean for you.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Leviticus 18:3
  • 2. S Leviticus 18:24; Leviticus 18:24,27,30
  • 3. S Leviticus 18:25
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