Leviticus 18:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

The land

Romans 8:22

Vomiteth

Leviticus 18:28

Leviticus 20:22

General references

Exodus 22:19

Leviticus 18:28

Bible References

The land

"You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.

They shed innocent blood -- the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted by bloodshed.

The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have violated laws, disregarded the regulation, and broken the permanent treaty.

I brought you into a fertile land so you could enjoy its fruits and its rich bounty. But when you entered my land, you defiled it; you made the land I call my own loathsome to me.

Before I restore them I will punish them in full for their sins and the wrongs they have done. For they have polluted my land with the lifeless statues of their disgusting idols. They have filled the land I have claimed as my own with their detestable idols."

"Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their behavior and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the uncleanness of a woman having her monthly period.

For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers together until now.

Vomiteth

So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it just as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

"'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.

General references

"Whoever has sexual relations with a beast must surely be put to death.

So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it just as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.