Leviticus 20:23
And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
Cross-reference
Leviticus 18:24 explains that the nations became defiled by these practices, providing the basis for God abhorring them in 20:23.
In Leviticus 18:27, the same abominations of the prior inhabitants defiled the land—directly paralleling why God detested them here.
Leviticus 18:30 repeats the command to avoid detestable customs and not defile oneself, reinforcing the warning in 20:23.
Leviticus 18:3 issues the same command to not follow the customs of Egypt or Canaan, which 20:23 then references as the reason God abhorred the nations.
Leviticus 26:11 promises God will not abhor Israel if faithful—contrasting His detestation of the disobedient nations here.
Leviticus 26:30 threatens that God will abhor Israel for disobedience—the same abhorrence shown to the Canaanites.
Deuteronomy 9:5 confirms it's the wickedness of these nations, not Israel's righteousness, that causes God to drive them out.
Jeremiah 10:2 directly commands 'Learn not the way of the nations,' echoing the prohibition in 20:23 against following their customs.
Deuteronomy 12:31 specifies detestable acts like child sacrifice that God hates, illustrating why He abhorred the nations in 20:23.
Numbers 33:56 warns that Israel will face the same fate as the Canaanites if they disobey—directly echoing this principle.
1 Kings 21:26 says Ahab acted abominably like the Amorites whom God cast out—mirroring the same detested practices.
2 Chronicles 33:2 describes Manasseh doing the abominations of the nations God drove out—repeating the pattern condemned here.
Ezekiel 31:11 describes God driving out a nation for wickedness, using the same concept as Leviticus where He drove out the Canaanites.
Deuteronomy 12:30 warns against being ensnared by the nations' practices after their destruction, similar to the prohibition in 20:23.
Psalm 5:5 echoes God's hatred of evildoers, reinforcing why He detested the nations in Leviticus—because of their wickedness.
Psalm 106:40 shows God's anger against Israel for sin, mirroring His detestation of the nations—divine abhorrence of wickedness.
Deuteronomy 12:4 forbids imitating pagan worship—a specific application of the broader command here.