Do not defile the land Every step opens the verse it rests on.
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BeginningLeviticus 18:24–25The 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. v24 · 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 abominationLeviticus 18:26–29Do 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… v26 · WEB
In the commentaryAs They Do in Egypt and Canaan
3 Keep the charge
Guard the communityLeviticus 18:30Keep 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… v30 · WEB
In the commentaryAs They Do in Egypt and Canaan
Leviticus 18:24–30Keep the land from defilementThe land was defiled. Therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants. v25 · 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. The wording, the drawing and the illustrations are Biblion’s own.