Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
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;
New American Standard Bible
Moreover, you shall not
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and I abhorred them.
International Standard Version
You are not to live by the customs of the nations, whom I've cast away right in front of you. Because they did all of these things, I detested them.
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
You shall not follow the statutes (laws, practices, customs) of the nation which I am driving out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I have loathed them.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for all these things have they done, and they became an abomination to me.
Julia Smith Translation
And ye shall not walk in the laws of the nations which I sent out from before you: for they did all these things and I shall be disgusted with them.
King James 2000
And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you shall not follow the statutes of the nation that I am driving out {from before you}, because they did all these things, and I detested them.
Modern King James verseion
And you shall not walk in the ways of the nation which I cast out before you. For they committed all these things, and therefore I loathed them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And see that ye walk not in the manners of the nations which I cast out before you: For they committed all these things, and I abhorred them.
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.
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
So shall ye not walk in the - statutes of the nations, which I am casting out from before you, - For all these things, had they done, Therefore I abhorred them;
Webster
And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nations which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
World English Bible
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.
Themes
Evil » Doers » Evil example to be shunned
Example » Evil example to be shunned
Israel/jews » The lord separating israel from all other people
Topics
Interlinear
Yalak
Shalach
Paniym
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 20:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
You Shall Be Holy
22 'And ye have kept all My statutes, and all My judgments, and have done them, and the land vomiteth you not out whither I am bringing you in to dwell in it; 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; 24 and I say to you, Ye -- ye do possess their ground, and I -- I give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey; I am Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples.
Phrases
Cross References
Leviticus 18:3
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.
Leviticus 18:24
'Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;
Leviticus 18:30
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.'
Leviticus 18:27
(for all these abominations have the men of the land done who are before you, and the land is defiled),
Deuteronomy 9:5
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;
Deuteronomy 12:30-31
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?
Psalm 78:59
God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.
Jeremiah 10:1-2
Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you.
Zechariah 11:8
And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.