Leviticus 20 · Verse 23

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.
Leviticus 20:23, King James Version

Leviticus 20:23 in other translations

BSBYou must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
WEBYou 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand 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;
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Leviticus 20:23 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 20:10-27

These verses repeat what had been said before, but it was needful there should be line upon line. What praises we owe to God that he has taught the evil of sin, and the sure way of deliverance from it! May we have grace to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things; may we have no fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness, but reprove them.

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Leviticus 20:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808
תֵֽלְכוּ֙te.le.Khuyou will walkH1980
בְּחֻקֹּ֣תbe.chu.Kotin [the] statutes ofH2708
הַגּ֔וֹיha.Goythe nationH1471
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַme.sha.Le.ach[am] about to send awayH7971
מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑םmi.pe.nei.Khemfrom before youH6440
כִּ֤יkiforH3588
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֵ֙לֶּה֙'e.lehthese [things]H428
עָשׂ֔וּ'a.Suthey have doneH6213
וָאָקֻ֖ץva.'a.Kutzand I loathedH6973
בָּֽם\׃Bam<in> <the> them

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 20:23

  • Leviticus 18:24

    Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

  • Deuteronomy 9:5

    Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • 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 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.

  • Leviticus 18:27

    (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

  • Deuteronomy 12:30-31

    Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. 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.

  • Jeremiah 10:1-2

    Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

  • Psalms 78:59

    When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

  • Zechariah 11:8

    Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

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in the manners.
18:3,24,30; De 12:30,31; Jer 10:1,2
therefore.
18:27; De 9:5; Ps 78:59; Zec 11:8

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Context

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Leviticus 20:24

    But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people.

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Leviticus 20:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y no andéis en las prácticas de la gente que yo echaré de delante de vosotros: porque ellos hicieron todas estas cosas, y los tuve en abominación.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et vous ne marcherez point dans les statuts de la nation que je chasse devant vous; car ils ont fait toutes ces choses-là, et je les ai eus en abomination;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und ihr sollt nicht wandeln in den Satzungen der Nationen, die ich vor euch vertreibe; denn alle jene Dinge haben sie getan, und sie sind mir zum Ekel geworden;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nolite ambulare in legitimis nationum, quas ego expulsurus sum ante vos. Omnia enim hæc fecerunt, et abominatus sum eas.