Lev 18:24 | NET2full | STEP | “‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things , for the nations that I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things .

‏ Leviticus 18:24

Warning against the Abominations of the Nations

24 “‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations that I am about to drive out before you ^{▼▼tn Heb “which I am sending away (Piel participle of שָׁלַח [shalakh, “to send”]) from your faces.” The rendering here takes the participle as anticipatory of the coming conquest events.} have been defiled with all these things.