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Leviticus 18:24 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" “‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled. "
Leviticus 18:24
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22 “‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.
23 “‘You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it. No woman may give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.
24 “‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
25 The land was defiled. Therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.
26 You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you
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Leviticus 18:1
"The LORD said to Moses,"
Leviticus 18:2
"“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am the LORD your God."
Leviticus 18:3
"You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived. You shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes."
Leviticus 18:4
"You shall do my ordinances. You shall keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God."
Leviticus 18:5
"You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am the LORD."
Leviticus 18:6
"“‘None of you shall approach any close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD."
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