Leviticus 18:30
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Keep my commandments. Do not the things which they have done, that have been before you: and be not defiled therein. I am the Lord your God.

abominable

Leviticus 18:3,26,27 You shall not do according to the custom of the land of Egypt, in which you dwelt: neither shall you act according to the manner of the country of Chanaan, into which I will bring you. Nor shall you walk in their ordinances. . . .

Leviticus 20:23 Walk not after the laws of the nations, which I will cast out before you. For they have done all these things: and therefore I abhorred them.

Deuteronomy 18:9-12 When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee, beware lest thou have a mind to imitate the abominations of those nations. . . .

that ye defile

Leviticus 18:24 Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled, which I will cast out before you,

I am

Leviticus 18:2,4 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: I am the Lord your God. . . .

Context
Unlawful Sexual Relations
29Every soul that shall commit any of these abominations, shall perish from the midst of his people. 30Keep my commandments. Do not the things which they have done, that have been before you: and be not defiled therein. I am the Lord your God.
Cross References
Leviticus 18:2
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 18:29
Every soul that shall commit any of these abominations, shall perish from the midst of his people.

Leviticus 19:1
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Leviticus 22:9
Let them keep my precepts, that they may not fall into sin, and die in the sanctuary, when they shall have defiled it. I am the Lord who sanctify them.

Deuteronomy 11:1
Therefore love the Lord thy God and observe his precepts and ceremonies, his judgments and commandments at all times.

Lexicon
You must keep
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם (ū·šə·mar·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

My charge
מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗י (miš·mar·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function

not
לְבִלְתִּ֨י (lə·ḇil·tî)
Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

to practice
עֲשׂ֜וֹת (‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

[any] of the abominable
הַתּֽוֹעֵבֹת֙ (hat·tō·w·‘ê·ḇōṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol

customs
מֵחֻקּ֤וֹת (mê·ḥuq·qō·wṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute

that
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

were practiced
נַעֲשׂ֣וּ (na·‘ă·śū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

before you,
לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם (lip̄·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

so that you do not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

defile yourselves
תִֽטַּמְּא֖וּ (ṯiṭ·ṭam·mə·’ū)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2930: To be or become unclean

by them.
בָּהֶ֑ם (bā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

I
אֲנִ֖י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

am the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God.”
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


Additional Translations
You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”Therefore shall you keep my ordinance, that you commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that you defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.

Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.

And ye shall keep mine ordinances, that ye may not do any of the abominable practices, which have taken place before your time: and ye shall not be polluted in them; for I am the Lord your God.

And ye shall observe my charge, that ye commit not [any] of the abominable customs which were committed before you; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean therein: I am Jehovah your God.

Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye do not any of these abominable customs, which were done before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.

Therefore shall ye keep my ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves in them; I am the LORD your God.

Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them: I am Yahweh your God.'"

and ye have kept My charge, so as not to do any of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, and ye do not defile yourselves with them; I am Jehovah your God.'
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