Parallel Verses
Amplified
You shall not follow the statutes (laws, practices, customs) of the nation which I am driving out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I have loathed them.
New American Standard Bible
Moreover, you shall not
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and I abhorred them.
International Standard Version
You are not to live by the customs of the nations, whom I've cast away right in front of you. Because they did all of these things, I detested them.
A Conservative Version
And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I cast out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
American Standard Version
And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
Bible in Basic English
And do not keep the rules of the nations which I am driving out before you; for they did all these things, and for that reason my soul was turned against them.
Darby Translation
And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for all these things have they done, and they became an abomination to me.
Julia Smith Translation
And ye shall not walk in the laws of the nations which I sent out from before you: for they did all these things and I shall be disgusted with them.
King James 2000
And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you shall not follow the statutes of the nation that I am driving out {from before you}, because they did all these things, and I detested them.
Modern King James verseion
And you shall not walk in the ways of the nation which I cast out before you. For they committed all these things, and therefore I loathed them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And see that ye walk not in the manners of the nations which I cast out before you: For they committed all these things, and I abhorred them.
NET Bible
You must not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them.
New Heart English Bible
You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
The Emphasized Bible
So shall ye not walk in the - statutes of the nations, which I am casting out from before you, - For all these things, had they done, Therefore I abhorred them;
Webster
And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nations which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
World English Bible
You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
Youngs Literal Translation
and ye walk not in the statutes of the nation which I am sending away from before you, for all these they have done, and I am wearied with them;
Themes
Evil » Doers » Evil example to be shunned
Example » Evil example to be shunned
Israel/jews » The lord separating israel from all other people
Topics
Interlinear
Yalak
Shalach
Paniym
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 20:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
You Shall Be Holy
22
‘Therefore keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out [as it did those before you].
Phrases
Cross References
Leviticus 18:3
You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, and you shall not do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes (practices, customs).
Leviticus 18:24
‘Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.
Leviticus 18:30
So keep My command: do not practice any of the repulsive customs which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves by them; I am the Lord your God.’”
Leviticus 18:27
(for all these repulsive acts have been done by the men who lived in the land before you, and the land has become defiled);
Deuteronomy 9:5
It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out before you, and to confirm the oath which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 12:30-31
beware that you are not lured (ensnared) into following them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods, so that I too may do likewise?’
Psalm 78:59
When God heard this, He was filled with [righteous] wrath;
And utterly rejected Israel, [greatly hating her ways],
Jeremiah 10:1-2
Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel.
Zechariah 11:8
Then I eliminated the three [incompetent, unfit] shepherds [the civil rulers, the priests, and the prophets] in one month, for I was impatient with them, and they also were tired of me and despised me.