That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
So that the land doesn't vomit you out when you make it unclean, just like it vomited out the nations that lived there before you.
God is warning that if His people live in sinful ways like the previous inhabitants, they too will be expelled from the Promised Land.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Leviticus, God was giving the Israelites moral laws through Moses as they prepared to enter the Promised Land, which had been occupied by Canaanite nations. This verse serves as a warning that if the Israelites engaged in the same sins of immorality and idolatry as those nations, the land itself would reject them, just as it had led to the expulsion of the previous inhabitants. This reflects the biblical principle that God holds people accountable for defiling the land He created.
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