you out.32 Concerning the various sexual offenses of the Canaanites the LORD said “that is wickedness” (v. 17), “that is detestable” (v. 22), “that is a perversion” (v. 24). Far from copying such practices, Israel was to take warning from the divine judgment upon the Canaanites, to avoid defiling herself and the land with degeneracy, and instead to follow the covenant call of the holy LORD. Tragically, subsequent history revealed Israel’s failure to heed the divine warning.