Leviticus 18:27

27 (for all these abhominacions haue the men of the lande done whiche were there before you, and the lande is 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 lande is defiled, and I will visett the wykednesse thereof apon it. and the lande shal spewe out hir inhabiters.

26 Kepe ye therfore myne ordinaunces and iudgementes, and se that ye commytt none of these abominacions: nether any of you nor ony straunger that soiourneth amonge you

27 (for all these abhominacions haue the men of the lande done whiche were there before you, and the lande is defiled)

28 lest that the lande spewe you out when ye haue defiled it, as it spewed out the nacions that where there before you.

29 For whosoeuer shall comytt any of these abhominacions, the same soules that commytt them shall perish from amonge their people.