Leviticus 20:23
World English Bible (WEB)
You shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
In context
21 “‘If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is an impurity. He has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be childless.
22 “‘You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to dwell may not vomit you out.
23 You shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
24 But I have said to you, “You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
25 “‘You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean. You shall not make yourselves abominable by animal, or by bird, or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have separated from you as unclean for you.
Leviticus 20:23 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- You shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
- KJV King James Version
- And 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and ye walk not in the statutes of the nation which I am sending away from before you, for all these they have done, and I am wearied with them;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for all these things have they done, and they became an abomination to me.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nations which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.