Leviticus 18:27–30
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
(For all these abominations haue the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled.)
That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
That the land spew not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.
For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
For whosoeuer shall commit any of these abominations, euen the soules that commit them, shall be cut off from among their people.
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.
Therefore shal ye keepe mine Ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customes, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not your selues therein: I am the LORD your God.
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From verse 27
- 1 Kings 14:24Rank 1 from verse 27
24And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
24And there were also Sodomites in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 36:14Rank 2 from verse 27
14¶ Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
14¶ Moreouer all the chiefe of the priests, and the people transgressed very much, after all the abominations of the heathen, and polluted the house of the LORD which hee had hallowed in Ierusalem.
- 2 Kings 16:3Rank 3 from verse 27
3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
3But hee walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea & made his sonne to passe through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
- 2 Kings 21:2Rank 4 from verse 27
2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
2And hee did that which was euill in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 20:18Rank 5 from verse 27
- Deuteronomy 23:18Rank 6 from verse 27
18Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
18Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dogge into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for euen both these are abomination vnto the LORD thy God.
- Deuteronomy 25:16Rank 7 from verse 27
- Deuteronomy 27:15Rank 8 from verse 27
15Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
15Cursed be the man that maketh any grauen or molten image, an abomination vnto the LORD, the worke of the handes of the craftesman, and putteth it in a secret place: and all the people shall answere and say, Amen.
- Ezekiel 16:50Rank 9 from verse 27
- Ezekiel 22:11Rank 10 from verse 27
11And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
11‖**‖‖*And one hath committed abomination with his neighbours wife, and an other hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law, and an other in thee hath humbled his sister, his fathers daughter.
- Leviticus 18:24Rank 11 from verse 27
- Hosea 9:10Rank 12 from verse 27
10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
10*I found Israel like grapes in the wildernesse: I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselues vnto that shame, and their abominations were according as they loued.
From verse 28
- Leviticus 18:25Rank 1 from verse 28
- Leviticus 20:22Rank 2 from verse 28
22¶ Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.
22¶ Ye shall therefore keepe all my *Statutes, and all my Iudgements, and doe them: that the lande whither I bring you to dwell therein, *spue you not out.
- Revelation 3:16Rank 3 from verse 28
- Ezekiel 36:17Rank 4 from verse 28
17Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
17Sonne of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their owne way, and by their doings: their way was before me as the vncleannesse of a remooued woman.
- Jeremiah 9:19Rank 5 from verse 28
19For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
19For a voyce of wayling is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled? wee are greatly confounded, because wee haue forsaken the land, because our dwellings haue cast vs out.
- Ezekiel 36:13Rank 6 from verse 28
- Romans 8:22Rank 7 from verse 28
From verse 29
- Exodus 12:15Rank 1 from verse 29
15Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
15Seuen dayes shall ye eate vnleauened bread, euen the first day yee shall put away leauen out of your houses: For whosoeuer eateth leauened bread, from the first day vntil the seuenth day, that soule shall be cut off from Israel.
- Leviticus 17:10Rank 2 from verse 29
10¶ And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
10¶ And whatsoeuer man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that soiourne among you, that eateth any maner of blood, I will euen set my face against that soule that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 20:6Rank 3 from verse 29
6¶ And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
6¶ And the soule that turneth after such as haue familiar spirits, and after wizards, to goe a whoring after them, I will euen set my face against that soule, and will cut him off from among his people.
From verse 30
- Leviticus 20:23Rank 1 from verse 30
- Deuteronomy 18:9–12Rank 2 from verse 30
9¶ When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
10There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
11Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
9¶ When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giueth thee, thou shalt not learne to doe after the abominations of those nations.
10There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his sonne, or his daughter *to passe thorow the fire, or that vseth diuination, or an obseruer of times, or an inchanter, or a witch,
11*Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wyzard, or a *Necromancer.
12For all that do these things, are an abomination vnto the LORD: and because of these abominations, the LORD thy God doth driue them out from before thee.
- Leviticus 22:9Rank 3 from verse 30
- Leviticus 18:2–4Rank 4 from verse 30
2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.
3After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
4Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.
2Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, I am the LORD your God.
3After the doings of the land of Egypt wherein ye dwelt, shal ye not doe: and after the doings of land of Canaan whither I bring you, shall ye not doe: neither shall yee walke in their ordinances.
4Ye shall doe my iudgements, and keepe mine ordinances, to walke therein: I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 18:26–27Rank 5 from verse 30
26Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
27(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
26Ye shall therefore keepe my Statutes and my Iudgements, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your owne nation, nor any stranger that soiourneth among you:
27(For all these abominations haue the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled.)
- Deuteronomy 11:1Rank 6 from verse 30
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Leviticus 18:27
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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abominations
Objects that excite loathing; especially idols or detestable practices.
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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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Leviticus 18:28
Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.
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To vomit or cast out forcefully.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.
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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.
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Leviticus 18:29
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Whoever; any person who, without restriction in the stated class.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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To do or perpetrate; to entrust, deliver, consign, or place in custody.
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abominations
Objects that excite loathing; especially idols or detestable practices.
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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.
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Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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Leviticus 18:30
An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.
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Sense 1: A rule, command, decree, statute, or authoritative appointment. Sense 2: A prescribed observance, rite, practice, or arrangement.
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To do or perpetrate; to entrust, deliver, consign, or place in custody.
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COMBINED MEANING
abominable
Detestable or loathsome.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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1. Performed or did an act, offence, trespass, or sin. 2. Entrusted, delivered, or placed a person or thing in another’s charge, custody, care, or keeping, or gave it over to a place or course.
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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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In, within, during, or concerning that place, person, thing, condition, time, or matter previously mentioned.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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The one true God.
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26Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
26Ye shall therefore keepe my Statutes and my Iudgements, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your owne nation, nor any stranger that soiourneth among you:
27(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
27(For all these abominations haue the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled.)
Selected passage28That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
28That the land spew not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.
Selected passage29For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
29For whosoeuer shall commit any of these abominations, euen the soules that commit them, shall be cut off from among their people.
Selected passage30Therefore 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.
30Therefore shal ye keepe mine Ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customes, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not your selues therein: I am the LORD your God.
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