Leviticus 18:27

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(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.

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Hebrew words

כִּיkiforH3588אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605הַתּוֹעֵבֹתhato'evotthe abominationsH8441הָאֵלha'el<the> theseH411עָשׂוּ'asuthey didH6213אַנְשֵׁי־'anshei-[the] people ofH582הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834לִפְנֵיכֶםlifneikhem[were] <to> before youH6440וַתִּטְמָאvatitma'and it became uncleanH2930הָאָרֶץ׃ha'aretzthe landH776

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Ezekiel 16:50
And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.
Deuteronomy 25:16
For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
2 Kings 21:2
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
Ezekiel 22:11
And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.
Deuteronomy 27:15
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2 Kings 16:3
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
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:Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
Deuteronomy 20:18
That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.
1 Kings 14:24
And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
Deuteronomy 23:18
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.

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