Leviticus 18:26

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You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you;

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Egypt was the land from which Israel had been delivered, while Canaan was the land they were entering, roughly corresponding to the southern Levant. Leviticus 18:26 warns Israel not to imitate either society’s sexual practices, but to live under God’s covenantal standards.

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Leviticus 18:26 mentions Canaan and Egypt.

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