Leviticus 18:24 BSB

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13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תִּֽטַּמְּא֖וּ	ti.ta.me.'U	you defile yourselves	H2930 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	by all	H3605 →
אֵ֑לֶּה	'E.leh	these [things]	H428 →
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
בְכָל־	ve.khol-	by all	H3605 →
אֵ֙לֶּה֙	'e.leh	these [things]	H428 →
נִטְמְא֣וּ	nit.me.'U	they have made themselves unclean	H2930 →
הַגּוֹיִ֔ם	ha.go.Yim	the nations	H1471 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
אֲנִ֥י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ	me.sha.Le.ach	[am] about to send away	H7971 →
מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם׃	mi.pe.nei.Khem	from before you	H6440 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H2930titameuyou defile yourselves162×

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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1 Corinthians 3:17
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:18–20
  Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
- Ezekiel 43:12
  This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.
- Numbers 19:20
  But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not…
- Ezekiel 7:22
  I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.
- Ezekiel 5:11
  Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon…
Through
Leviticus 18:30
You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
leads to
- Leviticus 20:23
  You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Deuteronomy 18:12
For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 9:4
  When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD…
Through
Leviticus 18:3
You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you.…
leads to
- Exodus 23:24
  You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Deuteronomy 18:12For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.Leviticus 18:30You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”Leviticus 20:23You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.Leviticus 20:22–23You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.Exodus 34:24For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.Leviticus 18:3You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.1 Corinthians 3:17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.Matthew 15:18–20But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.Deuteronomy 12:31You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.Jeremiah 44:4Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’Leviticus 18:6–23None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.Mark 7:10–23For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’Leviticus 18:27For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.2 Chronicles 33:9So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

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