Verse 23

and ye walk not in the statutes of the nation which I am sending away from before you, for all these they have done, and I am wearied with them;

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 18:3 : 3 according to the work of the land of Egypt in which ye have dwelt ye do not, and according to the work of the land of Canaan whither I am bringing you in, ye do not, and in their statutes ye walk not.
  • Lev 18:24 : 24 `Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;
  • Lev 18:30 : 30 and ye have kept My charge, so as not to do `any' of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, and ye do not defile yourselves with them; I `am' Jehovah your God.'
  • Deut 9:5 : 5 not for thy righteousness, and for the uprightness of thy heart, art thou going in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from before thee; and in order to establish the word which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;
  • Lev 18:27 : 27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done who `are' before you, and the land is defiled),
  • Deut 12:30-31 : 30 take heed to thee, lest thou be snared after them, after their being destroyed out of thy presence, and lest thou enquire about their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods, and I do so -- even I? 31 `Thou dost not do so to Jehovah thy God; for every abomination of Jehovah which He is hating they have done to their gods, for even their sons and their daughters they burn with fire to their gods.
  • Ps 78:59 : 59 God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.
  • Jer 10:1-2 : 1 Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you. 2 Thus said Jehovah: Unto the way of the nations accustom not yourselves, And by the signs of the heavens be not affrighted, For the nations are affrighted by them.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.