Leviticus 18:24

Christian Standard Bible ®

“Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"'Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.

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

Lexham English Bible
"‘You must not make yourself unclean in any of these things, because the nations whom I am driving out from your presence were made unclean by all of these.

New Century Version
"‘Don't make yourself unclean by any of these wrong things. I am forcing nations out of their countries because they did these sins, and I am giving their land to you.

New English Translation
"‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.

Amplified Bible
'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.

New American Standard Bible
'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these things the nations which I am driving out from you have become defiled.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Yee shall not defile your selues in any of these things: for in al these the nations are defiled, which I will cast out before you:

Legacy Standard Bible
‘So do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.

Contemporary English Version
Don't make yourselves unclean by any of these disgusting practices of those nations that I am forcing out of the land for you. They made themselves

Complete Jewish Bible
"‘Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, because all the nations which I am expelling ahead of you are defiled with them.

Darby Translation
Make not yourselves unclean in any of these things; for in all these have the nations which I am casting out before you made themselves unclean.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Don't make yourself unclean by doing any of these wrong things! I am throwing nations off their land and giving it to you because they did those terrible sins.

English Standard Version
"Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean,

George Lamsa Translation
Do not defile yourselves in any of these things; for it was in all these that the nations are defiled which I am casting out before you;

Good News Translation
Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these acts, for that is how the pagans made themselves unclean, those pagans who lived in the land before you and whom the Lord is driving out so that you can go in.

Literal Translation
Do not defile yourself with all these, for with all these the nations have been defiled, which I am casting out before you;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye shal defyle youre selues in none of these thinges. For ye Heithen (whom I wil cast out before you) haue stayned them selues in all these,

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

Bible in Basic English
Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye shall not defile your selues in any of these thinges: for in all these, the nations are defiled whiche I cast out before you.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out from before you.

King James Version (1611)
Defile not you your selues in any of these things: for in all these, the nations are defiled which I cast out before you.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out before you,

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

Berean Standard Bible
Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Be ye not defoulid in alle these thingis, in whiche alle `folkis, ether hethen men, ben defoulid, whiche folkis Y schal caste out bifor youre siyt,

Young's Literal Translation
`Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

Update Bible Version
Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations have been defiled which I am casting out from before you;

Webster's Bible Translation
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

World English Bible
Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;

New King James Version
"Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you.

New Living Translation
"Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for the people I am driving out before you have defiled themselves in all these ways.

New Life Bible
‘Do not allow yourself to sin in any of these ways. For by doing all these things the nations that I am driving out in front of you became unclean.

New Revised Standard
Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for by all these practices the nations I am casting out before you have defiled themselves.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Do not make yourselves unclean in any of these things, - For in all these things, have the nations made themselves unclean, whom, I, am sending out from before you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled, which I will cast out before you,

Revised Standard Version
"Do not defile yourselves by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am casting out before you defiled themselves;

THE MESSAGE
"Don't pollute yourself in any of these ways. This is how the nations became polluted, the ones that I am going to drive out of the land before you. Even the land itself became polluted and I punished it for its iniquities—the land vomited up its inhabitants. You must keep my decrees and laws—natives and foreigners both. You must not do any of these abhorrent things. The people who lived in this land before you arrived did all these things and polluted the land. And if you pollute it, the land will vomit you up just as it vomited up the nations that preceded you.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹“You are not to approach a woman during her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her. ²⁰You are not to have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, defiling yourself with her. ²¹“You are not to sacrifice any of your children in the fire to Molech. Do not profane the name of your God; I am the Lord. ²²You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detestable. ²³You are not to have sexual intercourse with any animal, defiling yourself with it; a woman is not to present herself to an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion. ²⁴“Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things. ²⁵The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. ²⁶But you are to keep my statutes and ordinances. You must not commit any of these detestable acts—not the native or the alien who resides among you. ²⁷For the people who were in the land prior to you have committed all these detestable acts, and the land has become defiled. ²⁸If you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Defile: Leviticus 18:6-23, Leviticus 18:30, Jeremiah 44:4, Matthew 15:18-20, Mark 7:10-23, 1 Corinthians 3:17

for: Leviticus 20:22, Leviticus 20:23, Deuteronomy 12:31, Deuteronomy 18:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 34:24 - I will Leviticus 18:27 - General Leviticus 20:16 - And if a woman Deuteronomy 9:4 - for the wickedness Deuteronomy 24:4 - thou shalt 1 Kings 9:7 - will I cut 2 Chronicles 33:2 - like unto 2 Chronicles 33:9 - the heathen Ezra 9:1 - doing according Ezra 9:11 - The land Psalms 53:1 - have done Isaiah 24:5 - defiled Jeremiah 2:7 - ye defiled Jeremiah 3:1 - shall not that Ezekiel 11:12 - but Ezekiel 28:16 - therefore Ezekiel 31:11 - I have driven Ezekiel 36:17 - they defiled Micah 2:10 - because Malachi 2:11 - and an

Cross-References

Genesis 18:13
But the Lord asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Can I really have a baby when I’m old?’

Genesis 18:14
Is anything impossible for the Lord? At the appointed time I will come back to you, and in about a year she will have a son.”

Genesis 18:32
Then he said, “Let my lord not be angry, and I will speak one more time. Suppose ten are found there?”

Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord of Armieshad not left us a few survivors,we would be like Sodom,we would resemble Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 5:1
Roam through the streets of Jerusalem.

Acts 27:24
and said, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. It is necessary for you to appear before Caesar. And indeed, God has graciously given you all those who are sailing with you.’

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things,.... In incestuous copulations and marriages, in adultery, corporeal and spiritual, and bestiality:

for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you; that is, the seven nations of the land of Canaan, which God was about to eject out of their land to make room for the Israelites, and that on account of the above shocking vices which abounded among them; so that in some sense the land they dwelt upon was defiled by them, and called for vengeance on them, as even loathing its inhabitants, as afterwards suggested.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The land designed and consecrated for His people by Yahweh Leviticus 25:23 is here impersonated, and represented as vomiting forth its present inhabitants, in consequence of their indulgence in the abominations that have been mentioned. The iniquity of the Canaanites was now full. See Genesis 15:16; compare Isaiah 24:1-6. The Israelites in this place, and throughout the chapter, are exhorted to a pure and holy life, on the ground that Yahweh, the Holy One, is their God and that they are His people. Compare Leviticus 19:2. It is upon this high sanction that they are peremptorily forbidden to defile themselves with the pollutions of the pagan. The only punishment here pronounced upon individual transgressors is, that they shall “bear their iniquity” and be “cut off from among their people.” We must understand this latter phrase as expressing an “ipso facto” excommunication or outlawry, the divine Law pronouncing on the offender an immediate forfeiture of the privileges which belonged to him as one of the people in covenant with Yahweh. See Exodus 31:14 note. The course which the Law here takes seems to be first to appeal to the conscience of the individual man on the ground of his relation to Yahweh, and then Leviticus 20:0 to enact such penalties as the order of the state required, and as represented the collective conscience of the nation put into operation.