Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.

That ye defile

General references

Bible References

Abominable

Leviticus 18:3
You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes.
Leviticus 20:23
Moreover, you shall not follow the customs of the nation which I will drive out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have abhorred them.
Deuteronomy 18:9
“When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations.

That ye defile

Leviticus 18:24
‘Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.

I am

Leviticus 18:2
“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘I am the Lord your God.

General references

Deuteronomy 18:9
“When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations.