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Leviticus 20:23
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Leviticus 20:23
23And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
23And ye shall not walke in the maners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, & *therefore I abhorred them.
- Deut. 9.5.
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DEFINED WORDS
Leviticus 20:23
Customs, habits, conduct, or way of life.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To throw, send forth, place, reckon, or discard, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Delivered in trust; given in charge; deposited; imprisoned; done; perpetrated; engaged; exposed; referred to a committee.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Hated extremely, detested.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study5Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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Open the full verse study24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
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Open the full verse study3After 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.
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Open the full verse study30Therefore 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.
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Open the full verse study30Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
31Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
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Open the full verse study27(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
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Open the full verse study1HEAR ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
2Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
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Open the full verse study59When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
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Open the full verse study8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
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