NET Bible
"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."
— Leviticus 20:23, NET Bible
“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.”
“And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. ”
“You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.”
“Walk not after the laws of the nations, which I will cast out before you. For they have done all these things: and therefore I abhorred them.”
“And do not keep the rules of the nations which I am driving out before you; for they did all these things, and for that reason my soul was turned against them.”
“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.”
If a man goes to bed with his aunt, he has exposed his uncle’s nakedness; they must bear responsibility for their sin, they will die childless.
If a man has marital relations with his brother’s wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother’s nakedness; they will be childless.
Exhortation 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.
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.
So I have said to you: You yourselves will possess their land and I myself will give it to you for a possession, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God who has set you apart from the other peoples.
Therefore 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.
You must be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.