# Leviticus 18.24-25 **Book:** [Leviticus](/codex/leviticus/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 22. Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 23. And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion. > > **24. Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you; 25. And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.** > > 26. Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you; 27. (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled); (Leviticus 18:22-27, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 22. “‘You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable. 23. “‘You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it. No woman may give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion. > > **24. “‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled. 25. The land was defiled: therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.** > > 26. You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you; 27. (for the men of the land that were before you had done all these abominations, and the land became defiled); (Leviticus 18:22-27, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 22. Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 23. 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. > > **24. Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: 25. And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.** > > 26. 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: 27. (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) (Leviticus 18:22-27, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 22. 'And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it [is]. 23. 'And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation, for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it [is]. > > **24. 'Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you; 25. and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants:** > > 26. and ye, ye have kept My statutes and My judgments, and do not [any] of all these abominations, the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst, 27. (for all these abominations have the men of the land done who [are] before you, and the land is defiled), (Leviticus 18:22-27, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Canaanite Conquest Objection Defeater](/codex/canaanite-conquest-objection-defeater/), via [Leviticus 18.24-28](/codex/leviticus-18-24-28/) - [Deuteronomy 21 Captive Bride Objection Defeater](/codex/deuteronomy-21-captive-bride-objection-defeater/), via [Leviticus 18.24-28](/codex/leviticus-18-24-28/) **Concepts:** - [Canaanite Conquest and Herem](/codex/canaanite-conquest-and-herem/) - [Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom](/codex/topheth-and-the-valley-of-hinnom/), via [Leviticus 18.21-27](/codex/leviticus-18-21-27/) **Lexicon:** - [H2764 - cherem](/codex/h2764-cherem/), via [Leviticus 18.24-28](/codex/leviticus-18-24-28/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 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Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.