"That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that {were} before you." — Leviticus 18:28

Leviticus 18:28 · KJV

“That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that {were} before you.”

— Leviticus 18:28

(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which {were} before you, and the land is defiled;)

For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit {them} shall be cut off from among their people.

Leviticus 18 — Context

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:

(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which {were} before you, and the land is defiled;)

That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that {were} before you.

For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit {them} shall be cut off from among their people.

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.

Cross References

Leviticus 20:22

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.

Leviticus 18:25

And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

Revelation 3:16

So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

Ezekiel 36:17

Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.

Jeremiah 9:19

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast {us} out.

Ezekiel 36:13

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou {land} devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;

Romans 8:22

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. {the...: or, every creature}