Leviticus 18:30

Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord your God.

Cross-reference

Leviticus 18:3 commands not to follow Egyptian or Canaanite practices directly, which Leviticus 18:30 summarizes as keeping God's charge.

Leviticus 18:4 gives the overarching command to follow God's rules and statutes, with the same concluding formula.

Leviticus 18:24 similarly warns against defiling oneself, noting that the nations became defiled by these practices.

In Leviticus 18:26, this same command to keep statutes and avoid abominations is given, extending also to strangers.

Leviticus 18:27 explains why: these abominations defile the land, providing the rationale for the command.

In Leviticus 20:23, the same prohibition against following nations' customs is repeated, adding that God detested them for it.

Deuteronomy 18:9-12 echoes the prohibition of abominable practices of the nations, calling them an abomination to the LORD.

Romans 12:2 Parallel

In Romans 12:2, Paul urges non-conformity to worldly patterns—a NT parallel to the OT command against abominable customs.

2 Chronicles 15:8 Historical context

2 Chronicles 15:8 shows King Asa putting away detestable idols, an historical application of the command to remove abominations.

Jeremiah 10:3 condemns the customs of the peoples as vanity, specifically idol-making, which are the sort of customs prohibited here.

Exodus 29:46 uses the same 'I am the LORD your God' formula, grounding it in deliverance from Egypt and God dwelling among them.

In Ezekiel 18:17, a righteous son avoids his father's sins—paralleling the command here to not follow past abominable customs.