Do not defile the land Every step opens the verse it rests on.
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BeginningThe nations before Israel defiled themselves through their abominations.“‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled. — Leviticus 18:24–25 · WEB
In the commentaryAs They Do in Egypt and Canaan
Keep the LORD’s charge
1 The land is defiled
2 Do not repeat them
Avoid every abominationDo not practice these abominations. The same warning applies to both the native Israelite and the sojourner.You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who… — Leviticus 18:26–29 · WEB
In the commentaryAs They Do in Egypt and Canaan
3 Keep the charge
Guard the communityKeep the LORD’s charge so that you do not practice the detestable customs that defile the land.Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you, and that you do… — Leviticus 18:30 · WEB
In the commentaryAs They Do in Egypt and Canaan
Keep the land from defilementThe land was defiled. Therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants. — Leviticus 18:24–30 · WEB
In the commentaryAs They Do in Egypt and Canaan
The order of these steps is adapted from the Torah flowcharts published by OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.