Leviticus 18:27

27 (for all of these abominations the men of the land did, who were before you, so that the land became defiled);

Leviticus 18:27 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 18:27

For all these abominations have the men of the land done
The then present inhabitants of Canaan, who dwelt in it before the Israelites came into it; these were guilty of unclean copulations, of incestuous, marriages, of fornication and adultery, and of bestiality and idolatry: which [were] before you;
lived in the land before them, had long dwelt there, but now about to be cast out for their sins; and therefore they who were going to succeed them should take warning by them, lest, committing the same sins, they should be cast out likewise: and the land is defiled; (See Gill on Leviticus 18:25).

Leviticus 18:27 In-Context

25 and the land became defiled, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.

26 But you shall keep my statutes and my ordinances and do none of these abominations, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you

27 (for all of these abominations the men of the land did, who were before you, so that the land became defiled);

28 lest the land vomit you out, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

29 For whoever shall do any of these abominations, the persons that do them shall be cut off from among their people.