Leviticus 18:26

“But you shall keep my statutes and my rules, and you shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native nor the resident alien who resides among you”

Leviticus 18:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 18:26, word by word

shall keepשְׁמַרְתֶּםshemartem

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

Where else “shemartem” appears
my statutesחֻקֹּתַchukota

statute

Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.

Where else “chukota” appears
my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata

rule

Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.

Where else “mishpata” appears
doתַעֲשׂוּtaasu

carry out

To do what is commanded.

Where else “taasu” appears
abominationsתּוֹעֵבֹתtoevot

abomination

Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.

Where else “toevot” appears
neither the nativeאֶזְרָחezrach

native

Native, born in the land; a member of the people by birth.

Where else “ezrach” appears
the resident alienגֵּרger

resident alien

Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.

Where else “ger” appears
who residesגָּרgar

sojourn

To live in a place that is not your own.

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among youתוֹכְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

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The context

25So the land became unclean, and I punished its iniquity on it, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.

26 · This verse (above)

27(for all these abominations the men of the land who were before you have done, and the land became unclean),

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