You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.(A)

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(A)According to [a]the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and (B)according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their [b]ordinances.

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  1. Leviticus 18:3 what is done in
  2. Leviticus 18:3 statutes

27 for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled.

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27 (for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled),

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30 Keep my requirements(A) and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the Lord your God.(B)’”

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30 ‘Therefore you shall keep My [a]ordinance, so (A)that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: (B)I am the Lord your God.’ ”

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  1. Leviticus 18:30 charge

23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations(A) I am going to drive out before you.(B) Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.(C)

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23 (A)And you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they commit all these things, and (B)therefore I abhor them.

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