Leviticus Chapter 18 verse 30 Holy Bible
Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.
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So then, keep my orders, so that you may not do any of these disgusting things which were done before you, or make yourselves unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.
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And ye shall observe my charge, that ye commit not [any] of the abominable customs which were committed before you; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean therein: I am Jehovah your God.
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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.
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Therefore shall ye keep my ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves in them; I am the LORD your God.
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Therefore you shall keep my charge, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them: I am Yahweh your God.'"
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and ye have kept My charge, so as not to do `any' of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, and ye do not defile yourselves with them; I `am' Jehovah your God.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(30) Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance. As God is no respecter of persons, and as He will assuredly visit His own people with the same punishment which He inflicted upon the former occupants of the laud, the Israelites are to take special care to keep inviolate His ordinances.Commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you. Better, Do not any one of these abominable statutes which were done, as the Authorised Version translates the word in Deuteronomy 6:24; Deuteronomy 16:12; Deuteronomy 26:16. These abominations were not practised simply as customs, but were legally enacted as statutes of the land, and formed part of their religious institutions (see Leviticus 18:3). A similar state of degeneracy is described by Isaiah, who tells us that the Divine statutes, which is the same word used in the passage before us, were changed. By deviating here from the usual rendering of this phrase the Authorised Version mars the import of the passage.I am the Lord your God.--This is the declaration with which this group of laws was introduced. Its repetition at the end imparts peculiar solemnity to these enactments. (See Leviticus 18:1.) . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewYou must keepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם (ū·šə·mar·tem)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine pluralStrong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend toMy chargeמִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗י (miš·mar·tî)Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 4931: A guard, watch, charge, functionnotלְבִלְתִּ֨י (lə·ḇil·tî)Preposition-lStrong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, untilto practiceעֲשׂ֜וֹת (‘ă·śō·wṯ)Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 6213: To do, make[any] of the abominableהַתּֽוֹעֵבֹת֙ (hat·tō·w·‘ê·ḇōṯ)Article | Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idolcustomsמֵחֻקּ֤וֹת (mê·ḥuq·qō·wṯ)Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural constructStrong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statutethatאֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)Pronoun - relativeStrong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order thatwere practicedנַעֲשׂ֣וּ (na·‘ă·śū)Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 6213: To do, makebefore you,לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם (lip̄·nê·ḵem)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluralStrong's 6440: The faceso that you do notוְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nodefile yourselvesתִֽטַּמְּא֖וּ (ṯiṭ·ṭam·mə·’ū)Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralStrong's 2930: To be or become uncleanby them.בָּהֶ֑ם (bā·hem)Preposition | third person masculine pluralStrong's Hebrew Iאֲנִ֖י (’ă·nî)Pronoun - first person common singularStrong's 589: Iam the LORDיְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelyour God.”אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem)Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluralStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativeJump to PreviousAbominable Charge Commit Committed Customs Defile Detestable Disgusting Follow Kept Orders Ordinance Practice Practiced Practise Practised Requirements Statutes Therein Unclean Yourselves