(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);
WEB
For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.
YLT
(for all these abominations have the men of the land done who are before you, and the land is defiled),
DBT
(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land hath been made unclean);
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLeviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
- Author
- Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
- Date
- Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)