so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.
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TSK · Leviticus 18:27
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For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the LORD your God.
There were also male cultic prostitutes in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations that the LORD had driven out from before the Israelites.
He did evil in the sight of the LORD and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out from before the Israelites.
They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them.
When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame– they became as detestable as what they loved.