The Meaning of Leviticus 18:24 Explained

Leviticus 18:24

KJV: Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

YLT: 'Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

Darby: Make not yourselves unclean in any of these things; for in all these have the nations which I am casting out before you made themselves unclean.

ASV: Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Defile  not ye yourselves in any of these things:  for in all these the nations  are defiled  which I cast out  before  you: 

What does Leviticus 18:24 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 18

1  Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts

What do the individual words in Leviticus 18:24 mean?

Not do defile yourselves with any of these things for by all these are defiled the nations which I am casting out before you
אַל־ תִּֽטַּמְּא֖וּ בְּכָל־ אֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֤י בְכָל־ אֵ֙לֶּה֙ נִטְמְא֣וּ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־ אֲנִ֥י מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם

תִּֽטַּמְּא֖וּ  do  defile  yourselves 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
בְּכָל־  with  any 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
אֵ֑לֶּה  of  these  things 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
בְכָל־  by  all 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
אֵ֙לֶּה֙  these 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
נִטְמְא֣וּ  are  defiled 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
הַגּוֹיִ֔ם  the  nations 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ  am  casting  out 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם  before  you 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.