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The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 18, Verse 24

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Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it [is] confusion.
King James Version
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
American Standard Version
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;
New English Translation
Warning against the Abominations of the Nations“‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.
World English Bible
"'Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
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And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
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Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit [any] of these abominations; [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
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(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which [were] before you, and the land is defiled;)
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That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that [were] before you.
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For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit [them] shall be cut off from among their people.
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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.
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God [am] holy.
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Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God.
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Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] the LORD your God.