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

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Bible References

Abominable

Leviticus 18:3
You must not {carry out} the practices of the land of Egypt, in which you lived, and you must not {carry out} the practices of the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you; and you must not follow their statutes.
Leviticus 20:23
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.
Deuteronomy 18:9
"When you come to the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you, you must not learn to do like the detestable practices of those nations.

That ye defile

Leviticus 18:24
" 'You must not make yourself unclean in any of these [things], because the nations whom I am driving out from your presence were made unclean by all of these.

I am

Leviticus 18:2
"Speak to the {Israelites}, and say to them, 'I [am] Yahweh your God.

General references

Deuteronomy 18:9
"When you come to the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you, you must not learn to do like the detestable practices of those nations.