Leviticus 20:23
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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.

Leviticus 18:3
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 18:25
And with which the land is defiled: the abominations of which I will visit, that it may vomit out its inhabitants.

Jeremiah 10:2
Thus saith the Lord: Learn not according to the ways of the Gentiles: and be not afraid of the signs of heaven, which the heathens fear:

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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.

in the manners

Leviticus 18:3,24,30 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. . . .

Deuteronomy 12:30,31 Beware lest thou imitate them, after they are destroyed at thy coming in, and lest thou seek after their ceremonies, saying: As these nations have worshipped their gods, so will I also worship. . . .

Jeremiah 10:1,2 Hear ye the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O house of Israel. . . .

therefore

Leviticus 18:27 For all these detestable things the inhabitants of the land have done, that were before you, and have defiled it.

Deuteronomy 9:5 For it is not for thy justices, and the uprightness of thy heart that thou shalt go in to possess their lands: but because they have done wickedly, they are destroyed at thy coming in: and that the Lord might accomplish his word, which he promised by oath to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Psalm 78:59 God heard, and despised them, and he reduced Israel exceedingly as it were to nothing.

Zechariah 11:8 And I cut off three shepherds in one month, and my soul was straitened in their regard: for their soul also varied in my regard.

Context
Keep All My Decrees
22Keep my laws and my judgments, and do them: lest the land into which you are to enter to dwell therein, vomit you also out. 23Walk 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.24But to you I say: Possess their land which I will give you for an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God, who have separated you from other people.…
Lexicon
You must not
וְלֹ֤א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

follow
תֵֽלְכוּ֙ (ṯê·lə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

the statutes
בְּחֻקֹּ֣ת (bə·ḥuq·qōṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute

of the nations
הַגּ֔וֹי (hag·gō·w)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

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

am driving out
מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ (mə·šal·lê·aḥ)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

before you,
מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑ם (mip·pə·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

for
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

they did
עָשׂ֔וּ (‘ā·śū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

these things,
אֵ֙לֶּה֙ (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

and I abhorred them.
וָאָקֻ֖ץ (wā·’ā·quṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6973: To feel a loathing, abhorrence, or sickening dread


Additional Translations
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.And you 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.

And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

And walk ye not in the customs of the nations which I drive out from before you; for they have done all these things, and I have abhorred them:

And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for all these things have they done, and they became an abomination to me.

And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

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

You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

and ye walk not in the statutes of the nation which I am sending away from before you, for all these they have done, and I am wearied with them;
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