Leviticus 18:24 KJV

Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

Thou and Ye

  • ye, yourselves, you more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Unlawful marriages and fleshly lustsHere is a law against all conformity to the corrupt usages of the heathen. Also laws against incest, against brutal lusts, and barbarous idolatries; and the...

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Cross References

  • Deuteronomy 18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
  • 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.
  • Leviticus 18:3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
  • Leviticus 18:6–23 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. …
  • Leviticus 20:22–23 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. …

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  • Defile תִּטַּמְּאוּ tiṭṭammĕʾww טָמֵא Verb · hithpael jussive, second person masculine plural
  • not ye yourselves in any of these things אַל ʾal Negative בְּכָל bĕkol Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition אֵלֶּה ʾēllê אֵלֶּה Pronoun
  • for in all these the nations כִּי kî Conjunction בְכָל bĕkol Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition אֵלֶּה ʾēllê Pronoun הַגּוֹיִם haggôyim גּוֹי Noun · masculine plural · with the
  • are defiled נִטְמְאוּ niṭmĕʾww טָמֵא Verb · niphal perfect, third person common plural
  • which I cast out אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative אֲנִי ʾănî Pronoun · first person common singular מְשַׁלֵּחַ mĕšallēaḥ שָׁלַח Verb · piel active participle, masculine singular
  • before מִפְּנֵיכֶם mippĕnêkem פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: second person masculine plural

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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