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.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd 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.
You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
and 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;
And 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.
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)