Leviticus 18:28
New International Version
And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

New Living Translation
So do not defile the land and give it a reason to vomit you out, as it will vomit out the people who live there now.

English Standard Version
lest the land vomit you out when you make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

Berean Standard Bible
So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.

King James Bible
That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

New King James Version
lest the land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

New American Standard Bible
so that the land will not vomit you out should you defile it, as it has vomited out the nation which was there before you.

NASB 1995
so that the land will not spew you out, should you defile it, as it has spewed out the nation which has been before you.

NASB 1977
so that the land may not spew you out, should you defile it, as it has spewed out the nation which has been before you.

Legacy Standard Bible
so that the land will not vomit you out, should you defile it, as it has vomited out the nation which has been before you.

Amplified Bible
[do none of these things] so that the land will not vomit you out, should you defile it, as it has vomited out the nation which has been before you.

Christian Standard Bible
If you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

American Standard Version
that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

Contemporary English Version
Then the land won't become sick of you and vomit you up, just as it did them.

English Revised Version
that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If you make the land unclean, it will vomit you out as it has vomited out the people who were there before you.

Good News Translation
and then the land will not reject you, as it rejected the pagans who lived there before you.

International Standard Version
So you are not to let the land vomit you up because of your uncleanness as it is vomiting the nations that were here before you.

Majority Standard Bible
So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.

NET Bible
So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it just as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

New Heart English Bible
that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

Webster's Bible Translation
That the land may not vomit you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

World English Bible
that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and the land does not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it has vomited out the nation which [is] before you;

Young's Literal Translation
and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which is before you;

Smith's Literal Translation
And the land shall not vomit you forth in your defiling it, as it vomited forth the nations which were before you.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Beware then, lest in like manner, it vomit you also out, if you do the like things, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, beware, lest in a similar manner, it may vomit you out as well, if you do these same things, just as it vomited out the people who were before you.

New American Bible
otherwise the land will vomit you out also for having defiled it, just as it vomited out the nations before you.

New Revised Standard Version
otherwise the land will vomit you out for defiling it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Do not defile the land, lest it cast you out as it cast out the nations that were before you.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Do not defile the land, that it will not empty you out as I emptied out the people that were from before you.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and lest the land be aggrieved with you in your polluting it, as it was aggrieved with the nations before you.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Unlawful Sexual Relations
27For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled. 28So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you. 29Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:25
The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:63
Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

Deuteronomy 29:28
The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’

Deuteronomy 30:18
I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

Deuteronomy 32:21
They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.

2 Kings 17:18
So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,

2 Kings 17:23
Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.

2 Kings 21:14
So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,

Jeremiah 7:15
And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.

Jeremiah 9:19
For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”

Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.

Ezekiel 36:17-18
“Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity. / So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.

Matthew 21:43
Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

Luke 13:28
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.

Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.


Treasury of Scripture

That the land spew not you out also, when you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.

Leviticus 18:25
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

Leviticus 20:22
Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.

Jeremiah 9:19
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.

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Leviticus 18
1. Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts














And if you defile the land
The phrase "defile the land" is rooted in the Hebrew word "טָמֵא" (tame), which means to make unclean or impure. In the context of Leviticus, this defilement is not merely physical but spiritual and moral, reflecting a breach of the covenant relationship with God. Historically, the land of Canaan was considered holy, set apart for God's people. The Israelites were called to maintain its sanctity by adhering to God's laws. This phrase serves as a warning against adopting the sinful practices of the surrounding nations, which would corrupt the land's holiness.

it will vomit you out
The imagery of the land "vomiting" its inhabitants is vivid and powerful. The Hebrew word "קִיא" (qi) conveys a forceful expulsion, suggesting that the land itself reacts to moral corruption. This anthropomorphic expression underscores the seriousness of sin and its consequences. In a historical context, this reflects the belief that the land is not just a passive possession but an active participant in God's covenant. The land's reaction to sin is a divine judgment, emphasizing that the Israelites' tenure in the land is conditional upon their obedience to God's commands.

as it spewed out the nations before you
This phrase refers to the Canaanite nations that previously inhabited the land. The Hebrew word "קִיא" (qi), used again here, reinforces the idea of expulsion due to moral and spiritual corruption. Archaeological evidence and historical records indicate that the Canaanites engaged in practices that were abhorrent to God, such as idolatry and child sacrifice. The Israelites are reminded that their possession of the land is a divine gift contingent upon their faithfulness. This serves as both a warning and a call to holiness, urging them to learn from the past and avoid the same fate as the nations before them.

(28) That the land spue not you out also.--Better, Lest the land vomit you out. By unnecessarily translating the same word differently into "vomiteth" in Leviticus 18:25, and "spue" here, as is done in the Authorised Version, the striking connection between the two verses is somewhat weakened.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So if you defile
בְּטַֽמַּאֲכֶ֖ם (bə·ṭam·ma·’ă·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 2930: To be or become unclean

the land,
הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

it will vomit you out
תָקִ֤יא (ṯā·qî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6958: Spue out, vomit out, up, up again

as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

it spewed out
קָאָ֛ה (qā·’āh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6958: Spue out, vomit out, up, up again

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

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


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