Bible Strands
Leviticus 18:29
Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites in the wilderness following a list of prohibited sexual practices, warning that defiling the land will trigger divine expulsion.
The words — תּוֹעֵבֹת (to'evot) means "abominations," and נִכְרְתוּ (nikhretu) translates to "they will be cut off," describing formal exclusion from the community.
The thread — This enforcement pattern appears in Exodus 12:15 for eating leavened bread, Leviticus 17:10 for consuming blood, and Leviticus 20:6 for consulting mediums, linking covenant violations to communal removal.
Why it lands — The verse explicitly commands separation from the listed practices to avoid expulsion, requiring readers to enforce covenant boundaries rather than adopt surrounding customs.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
Cross-references
- Exodus 12:15 For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
- Leviticus 17:10 If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 20:6 Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.