King James Version
Leviticus 18:24 in the King James Version says “Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:”
Leviticus 18:24 · KJV
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
Ye 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:
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“for in all these the nations”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which I cast out”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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