²⁷(because the people of the land, who were before you,^j did all these detestable things, so the land became unclean), ²⁸so that the land will not vomit you out when you make it unclean just as it vomited out the nation that was before you.^k

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jLiterally “to the faces of you”
kLiterally “to the faces of you”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

(for the people of the land, who were before you, did all of these abominations, so that the land became unclean), lest the land vomit you out when you make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled. And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the people who were in the land prior to you have committed all these detestable acts, and the land has become defiled. If you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

NLTNew Living Translation

“All these detestable activities are practiced by the people of the land where I am taking you, and this is how the land has become defiled. So do not defile the land and give it a reason to vomit you out, as it will vomit out the people who live there now.

KJV 1900King James Version

(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

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