Leviticus 18:30
You must obey my charge not to practice any of the abominable statutes that have been done before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.’”
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- Lev 20:23 : 23 You must not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them.
- Lev 22:9 : 9 They must keep my charge so that they do not incur sin on account of it and therefore die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
- Deut 11:1 : 1 Reiteration of the Call to Obedience You must love the LORD your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times.
- Deut 18:9-9 : 9 Provision for Prophetism When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations. 10 There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, anyone who practices divination, an omen reader, a soothsayer, a sorcerer, 11 one who casts spells, one who conjures up spirits, a practitioner of the occult, or a necromancer. 12 Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the LORD and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is about to drive them out from before you.
- Lev 18:2-4 : 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘I am the LORD your God! 3 You must not do as they do in the land of Egypt where you have been living, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan into which I am about to bring you; you must not walk in their statutes. 4 You must observe my regulations and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. I am the LORD your God.
- Lev 18:26-27 : 26 You yourselves must obey my statutes and my regulations and must not do any of these abominations, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner in your midst, 27 for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.
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- Lev 18:26-294 verses84%
26You yourselves must obey my statutes and my regulations and must not do any of these abominations, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner in your midst,
27for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.
28So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it just as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.
29For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people.
- Lev 19:30-312 verses84%
30Purity, Honor, Respect, and Honesty“‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
31Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits to become unclean by them. I am the LORD your God.
- Lev 18:2-65 verses83%
2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘I am the LORD your God!
3You must not do as they do in the land of Egypt where you have been living, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan into which I am about to bring you; you must not walk in their statutes.
4You must observe my regulations and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. I am the LORD your God.
5So you must keep my statutes and my regulations; anyone who does so will live by keeping them. I am the LORD.
6Laws of Sexual Relations“‘No man is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations with her. I am the LORD.
- Lev 22:31-322 verses82%
31“You must be sure to do my commandments. I am the LORD.
32You must not profane my holy name, and I will be sanctified in the midst of the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
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24Warning against the Abominations of the Nations“‘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.
- Lev 20:7-82 verses81%
7Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience“‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
8You must be sure to obey my statutes. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
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37You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the LORD.
- Lev 26:2-32 verses79%
2You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
3The Benefits of Obedience“‘If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments,
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9They must keep my charge so that they do not incur sin on account of it and therefore die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
- Lev 20:22-232 verses79%
22Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience“‘You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations, so that the land to which I am about to bring you to take up residence there does not vomit you out.
23You must not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them.
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7I said to them,“Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.”
- Ezek 20:18-192 verses78%
18“‘But I said to their children in the wilderness,“Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
19I am the LORD your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out.
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3You must not eat any forbidden thing.
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18so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.
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30“Therefore say to the house of Israel,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Will you defile yourselves like your fathers and engage in prostitution with detestable idols?
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9Provision for Prophetism When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.
- Lev 11:43-442 verses77%
43Do not make yourselves detestable by any of the swarming things. You must not defile yourselves by them and become unclean by them,
44for I am the LORD your God and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground,
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12Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the LORD and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is about to drive them out from before you.
- Lev 18:20-223 verses77%
20You must not have sexual relations with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.
21You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD!
22You must not have sexual relations with a male as one has sexual relations with a woman; it is a detestable act.
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31Summary of Purification Regulations for Bodily Discharges“‘Thus you are to set the Israelites apart from their impurity so that they do not die in their impurity by defiling my tabernacle which is in their midst.
- Lev 22:2-32 verses76%
2“Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. I am the LORD.
3Say to them,‘Throughout your generations, if any man from all your descendants approaches the holy offerings which the Israelites consecrate to the LORD while he is impure, that person must be cut off from before me. I am the LORD.
- Lev 19:2-43 verses76%
2“Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them,‘You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
3Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
4Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the LORD your God.
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16For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the LORD your God.
- Lev 20:25-262 verses76%
25Therefore you must distinguish between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean, and you must not make yourselves detestable by means of an animal or bird or anything that creeps on the ground– creatures I have distinguished for you as unclean.
26You must be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.
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34Therefore do not defile the land that you will inhabit, in which I live, for I the LORD live among the Israelites.”
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40Thus you will remember and obey all my commandments and be holy to your God.
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28You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the LORD.
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18You must obey my statutes and my regulations; you must be sure to keep them so that you may live securely in the land.
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26You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house and thereby become an object of divine wrath along with it. You must absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is an object of divine wrath.
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15Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you, you will eat from his sacrifice;