Leviticus 20:23
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Moreover, you shall not followתֵֽלְכוּ֙
(te·le·chu)
1980: to go, come, walka prim. root
the customsבְּחֻקֹּ֣ת
(be·chuk·kot)
2708: something prescribed, an enactment, statutefem. of choq
of the nationהַגֹּ֔וי
(hag·go·vy,)
1471: nation, peoplefrom the same as gav
whichאֲשֶׁר־
(a·sher-)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
I will driveמְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ
(me·shal·le·ach)
7971: to senda prim. root
out beforeמִפְּנֵיכֶ֑ם
(mip·pe·nei·chem;)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
you, for they didעָשׂ֔וּ
(a·su,)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
allכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
these things,אֵ֙לֶּה֙
(el·leh)
428: thesea prim. pronoun
and therefore I have abhorredוָאָקֻ֖ץ
(va·'a·kutz)
6973: to feel a loathing, abhorrence, or sickening dreada prim. root
them. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
And ye shall not walk
yalak  (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)
in the manners
chuqqah  (khook-kaw')
appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.
of the nation
gowy  (go'-ee)
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
which I cast out
shalach  (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
you for they committed
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
all these things and therefore I abhorred
quwts  (koots)
to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious -- abhor, be distressed, be grieved, loathe, vex, be weary.
them
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
'Moreover, you shall not follow the customs of the nation which I will drive out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have abhorred them.

King James Bible
And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and I abhorred them.

International Standard Version
You are not to live by the customs of the nations, whom I've cast away right in front of you. Because they did all of these things, I detested them.

NET Bible
You must not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Never follow the practices of the people I am forcing out of your way. I cannot stand them because they did all these things.

King James 2000 Bible
And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
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