Leviticus 18:27 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

(The people who lived in this land before you did all these terrible things, and because of this, the land has become corrupted and unclean.)

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse explains that the previous inhabitants of the Promised Land had committed serious sins that made the land spiritually polluted.

📚 Historical Context

This verse appears in the middle of Leviticus 18, which lists various sexual sins and immoral practices that God forbade the Israelites from following. The 'men of the land' refers to the Canaanite peoples who occupied the Promised Land before Israel's conquest. God was explaining to the Israelites that these practices were among the reasons why He was driving out the current inhabitants and giving the land to Israel.

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