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.
KJV
Custodite mandata mea. Nolite facere quæ fecerunt hi qui fuerunt ante vos, et ne polluamini in eis. Ego Dominus Deus vester.
Vulgate
καὶ φυλάξετε τὰ προστάγματά μου, ὅπως μὴ ποιήσητε ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν νομίμων τῶν ἐβδελυγμένων ὃ γέγονεν πρὸ τοῦ ὑμᾶς· καὶ οὐ μιανθήσεσθε ἐν αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.
LXX
Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.
ASV
וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם אֶת מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗/י לְ/בִלְתִּ֨י עֲשׂ֜וֹת מֵ/חֻקּ֤וֹת הַ/תּֽוֹעֵבֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נַעֲשׂ֣וּ לִ/פְנֵי/כֶ֔ם וְ/לֹ֥א תִֽטַּמְּא֖וּ בָּ/הֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵי/כֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Q. What does the seventh commandment teach us? A. That God condemns all unchastity. We should therefore thoroughly detest it and, married or single, live decent and chaste lives.
Cross-references
- Deut 18:9 — When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
- Deut 18:9 — When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
- Heb 9:1 — Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
- Jer 10:3 — For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
- Lev 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:
- Lev 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.
- Lev 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.
- Lev 22:9 — They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.