Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
The filthiness
General references
Bible References
The land
Ezra 9:1
Now when these things were done, the leaders came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, in regard to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Leviticus 18:24
Defile not you yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
Deuteronomy 12:31
You shall not do so unto the LORD your God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hates, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burned in the fire to their gods.
Deuteronomy 18:12
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD your God does drive them out from before you.
2 Chronicles 33:2
But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the nations, which the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
The filthiness
Ezra 6:21
And the children of Israel, who had come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,
Ezekiel 36:25
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
General references
Judges 3:6
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.