29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

Other Translations of Leviticus 18:29

New International Version

29 " 'Everyone who does any of these detestable things-such persons must be cut off from their people.

English Standard Version

29 For everyone who does any of these abominations, the persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people.

The Message

29 "Those who do any of these abhorrent things will be cut off from their people.

New King James Version

29 For whoever commits any of these abominations, the persons who commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

New Living Translation

29 Whoever commits any of these detestable sins will be cut off from the community of Israel.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 18:29

Chapter Contents

Unlawful marriages and fleshly lusts.

Here is a law against all conformity to the corrupt usages of the heathen. Also laws against incest, against brutal lusts, and barbarous idolatries; and the enforcement of these laws from the ruin of the Canaanites. God here gives moral precepts. Close and constant adherence to God's ordinances is the most effectual preservative from gross sin. The grace of God only will secure us; that grace is to be expected only in the use of the means of grace. Nor does He ever leave any to their hearts' lusts, till they have left him and his services.