Leviticus 18:25

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Leviticus 18:25

25 Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.

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Leviticus 18:25 in Other Translations

KJV

25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

ESV

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

NLT

25 Because the entire land has become defiled, I am punishing the people who live there. I will cause the land to vomit them out.

MSG

25 Even the land itself became polluted and I punished it for its iniquities - the land vomited up its inhabitants.

CSB

25 The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.

Leviticus 18:25 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 18:25

And the land is defiled
The inhabitants of it, with the immoralities and idolatries before mentioned: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it;
or punish the inhabitants that are on it for their sins: and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants;
as a stomach loaded with corrupt and bad food it has taken in, nauseates it, and cannot bear and retain it, but casts it up, and never receives it again; so the land of Canaan is represented as loathing its inhabitants, and as having an aversion to them, and indignation against them, and as not being able to bear them, but entirely willing to be rid of them and throw them out of their places in it, never to be admitted more, being as nauseous and as useless as the cast of a man's stomach; see ( Revelation 3:16 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Leviticus 18:25 In-Context

23 “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.

24 “ ‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled.

25 Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.

26 But you must keep my decrees and my laws. The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things,

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