^12 (A)for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And ^(B)because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you.

^24 (A)“Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, ^(B)for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean, ²⁵ and the ^(C)land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land ^(D)vomited out its inhabitants.

^23 (A)And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I detested them.

¹⁸ that ^(A)they may not teach you to do according to all their abominable practices that they have done for their gods, and so you ^(B)sin against the Lord your God.