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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.
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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
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“ ‘If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.
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“ ‘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.
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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.
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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.
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“ ‘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.