Leviticus 18:24

Leviticus · Old Testament · Chapter 18

“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

What Does Leviticus 18:24 Mean?

Leviticus 18:24 is found in the book of Leviticus, chapter 18, verse 24 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Key themes in this passage include Purity.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Leviticus 18:24 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Deuteronomy 18:12“For 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.”Leviticus 18:30“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.”Leviticus 20:23“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.”Ezra 9:1“Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.”Ezra 9:11“Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.”Leviticus 20:22“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.”Exodus 34:24“For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.”Leviticus 18:3“After 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.”Deuteronomy 9:4“Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.”Deuteronomy 12:31“Thou 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.”1 Kings 9:7“Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:”Jeremiah 44:4“Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.”Micah 2:10“Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.”Matthew 15:18“But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.”1 Corinthians 3:17“If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”Leviticus 18:6“None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.”Leviticus 18:27“(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)”Isaiah 24:5“The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.”Ezekiel 36:17“Son 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.”Mark 7:10“For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:”

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