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The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 18, Verse 25

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Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
King James Version
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
American Standard Version
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.
New English Translation
Therefore the land has become unclean and I have brought the punishment for its iniquity upon it, so that the land has vomited out its inhabitants.
World English Bible
The land was defiled: therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited 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.
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And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.