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Leviticus 18

Lev. 18:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
is defiled
tame' (Hebrew #2930)
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
KJV usage: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, X utterly.
Pronounce: taw-may'
Origin: a primitive root
c: therefore I do visit
paqad (Hebrew #6485)
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
KJV usage: appoint, X at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, X by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, X surely, visit, want.
Pronounce: paw-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
d the iniquity
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
thereof upon it, and the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
itself vomitethe out
qow' (Hebrew #6958)
a primitive root; to vomit
KJV usage: spue (out), vomit (out, up, up again).
Pronounce: ko
Origin: or qayah (Jer. 25:27) {kaw-yaw'}
her inhabitants
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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the land.
Num. 35:33‑34• 33And ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood, it polluteth the land; and there can be no atonement made for the land, for the blood that hath been shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
34And ye shall not defile the land that ye inhabit, in the midst whereof I dwell; for I am Jehovah who dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.
(Num. 35:33‑34)
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Psa. 106:38• 38And shed innocent blood—{HR}Blood of their sons and their daughters,{HR}Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan,{HR}And the land was polluted with blood. (Psa. 106:38)
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Isa. 24:5• 5The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof, for they have transgressed the laws, changed the statute, broken the everlasting covenant. (Isa. 24:5)
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Jer. 2:7• 7And I brought you into a fruitful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; and ye entered and defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. (Jer. 2:7)
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Jer. 16:18• 18And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable things. (Jer. 16:18)
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Ezek. 36:17‑18• 17Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
18And I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it;
(Ezek. 36:17‑18)
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Rom. 8:22• 22For we know that all the creation groaneth together and travaileth together until now; (Rom. 8:22)
therefore.
Psa. 89:32• 32Then will I visit their transgressions with a rod{HR}And their iniquities with stripes. (Psa. 89:32)
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Isa. 26:21• 21For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth on them; and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. (Isa. 26:21)
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Jer. 5:9,29• 9Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
29Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
(Jer. 5:9,29)
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Jer. 9:9• 9Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? (Jer. 9:9)
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Jer. 14:10• 10Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. (Jer. 14:10)
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Jer. 23:2• 2Therefore thus saith Jehovah God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people, Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 23:2)
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Hos. 2:13• 13And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and decked herself with her rings and jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith Jehovah. (Hos. 2:13)
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Hos. 8:13• 13They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it: Jehovah accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. (Hos. 8:13)
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Hos. 9:9• 9They have gone deep, they are corrupted, as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. (Hos. 9:9)
vomiteth.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the land hath become unclean; and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the land hath become unclean: and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants.