Leviticus 18:24
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
Cross-references
Leviticus 18:6-23 contains the detailed list of prohibited sexual relations that this verse summarizes as 'these ways'.
Leviticus 18:27 immediately follows, explaining that the land was defiled by these very abominations of the previous inhabitants.
Leviticus 18:30 echoes the warning to avoid defilement, adding the command to keep God's requirements.
Leviticus 20:22 warns that the land will vomit out Israel if defiled, echoing the same consequence for the nations in 18:24.
Leviticus 20:23 directly repeats the command not to follow the nations' customs because God abhorred them for these abominations.
Leviticus 20:16 gives the death penalty for bestiality, one specific abomination that defiled the nations in 18:24.
Deuteronomy 18:12 states that because of these abominations the Lord drives nations out, directly parallel to the logic of 18:24.
2 Chronicles 33:9 says Manasseh led Judah to do more evil than the nations destroyed — fulfilling the warning in an escalated way.
Ezekiel 36:17 directly echoes that Israel defiled the land by their conduct, using the same concept of uncleanness from Leviticus 18.
Ezekiel 11:12 says Israel acted according to the rules of the nations around them — directly contravening this command.
Jeremiah 2:7 accuses Israel of defiling the land God gave them — exactly the outcome warned against here.
Ezra 9:11 quotes the principle that the land is defiled by the nations' abominations — a clear citation of the logic here.
Ezra 9:1 reports Israel's failure to separate from the abominations of these same nations — a direct violation of this command.
2 Chronicles 33:2 describes Manasseh doing evil according to the abominations of the nations driven out — directly echoing the warning here.
Deuteronomy 9:4 clarifies that God drives nations out because of their wickedness, not Israel's righteousness — same reason as in 18:24.
1 Kings 9:7 warns Israel will be cut off from the land for idolatry, echoing the fate of the nations cast out for defilement in 18:24.
Deuteronomy 12:31 specifies child sacrifice as an abomination the nations practiced, a concrete example of what defiled them in 18:24.
Matthew 15:18-20 redefines defilement as coming from the heart, including sexual immorality—contrasting the external act-based focus here.
Mark 7:10-23 similarly teaches internal defilement, listing sexual sins as heart issues—contrasting the external warning here.
Isaiah 24:5 says the earth is defiled under its inhabitants for breaking the covenant — a broader application of the same defilement principle.
Jeremiah 3:1 uses land pollution as a metaphor for Israel's adultery, echoing the link between sin and defilement here.
Micah 2:10 describes the land as defiled and ruined because of sin, reinforcing the same consequence of defilement.