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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

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Bible References

Abominable

Leviticus 18:3
You are not to do what you used to do in the land of Egypt where you lived. You are not to do what Canaan does, where I'm about to bring you, so that you live according to their statutes.
Leviticus 20:23
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.
Deuteronomy 18:9
"When you enter the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, don't learn the detestable practices of those nations there.

That ye defile

Leviticus 18:24
"You are not to defile yourselves by doing any of these things, since all of these nations that I'm casting out before you have defiled themselves this way.

I am

Leviticus 18:2
"Tell the Israelis that I am the LORD your God.

General references

Deuteronomy 18:9
"When you enter the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, don't learn the detestable practices of those nations there.

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