^18:25Therefore³⁸ the land has become unclean and I have brought the punishment for its iniquity upon it,³⁹ so that the land has vomited out its inhabitants. ^18:26You yourselves must obey⁴⁰ my statutes and my regulations and must not do any of these abominations, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner in your midst,⁴¹^18:27for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations,⁴² and the land has become unclean. ^18:28So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it⁴³ just as it has vomited out the nations⁴⁴ that were before you.

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Footnotes

38 Heb “And.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative or even inferential force here.
39 Heb “and I have visited its [punishment for] iniquity on it.” See the note on above.
40 Heb “And you shall keep, you.” The latter emphatic personal pronoun “you” is left out of a few medieval Hebrew , , the , , and .
41 Heb “the native and the sojourner”; “The native-born and the aliens”; “whether natives or resident aliens.”
42 Heb “for all these abominations the men of the land who were before you have done.”
43 Heb “And the land will not vomit you out in your defiling it.”
44 The reads the singular “nation” and is followed by , , ; the , , and have the plural “nations” (cf. v. 24).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and the land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. But you shall keep my statutes and my rules and do none of these abominations, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you (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)

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

The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. But you are to keep my statutes and ordinances. You must not commit any of these detestable acts—not the native or the alien who resides among you. 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

Because the entire land has become defiled, I am punishing the people who live there. I will cause the land to vomit them out. You must obey all my decrees and regulations. You must not commit any of these detestable sins. This applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you.

“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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So the land became unclean, and I have brought the punishment of its guilt upon it, and the land has vomited out its inhabitants. But you (neither the native nor the alien who is dwelling in your midst) shall keep my statutes and my regulations, and you shall not practice any of these detestable things (because the people of the land, who were before you, did all these detestable things, so the land became unclean), so that the land will not vomit you out when you make it unclean just as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: (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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