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nations

Meaning of “nations”

Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.

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First occurrence: Genesis 10:5

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Leviticus 18:24
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Leviticus 18:24 · retained source text

Defile not you your selues in any of these things: for in all these, the nations are defiled which I cast out before you.

Leviticus 18:28
That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 18:28 · retained source text

That the land spew not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.

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