| 23. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Leviticus 20:23:1 ⧉וְלֹ֤אveloand not Leviticus 20:23:2 ⧉תֵֽלְכוּ֙telekhoowalk Leviticus 20:23:3 ⧉בְּחֻקֹּ֣תbekhukkotin the statutes of Leviticus 20:23:4 ⧉הַגּ֔וֹיhagoithe nation Leviticus 20:23:5 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥יahsherahneethat I Leviticus 20:23:6 ⧉מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַmeshalleakhdrive out Leviticus 20:23:7 ⧉מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑םmipnekhemfrom before you Leviticus 20:23:8 ⧉כִּ֤יkifor Leviticus 20:23:9 ⧉אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֙לֶּה֙etkolehlehall of these Leviticus 20:23:10 ⧉עָשׂ֔וּasudid Leviticus 20:23:11 ⧉וָאָקֻ֖ץvaakutsdetested Leviticus 20:23:12 ⧉בָּֽם׃bamin them |
| 23. Formal Translation And you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation which I {Yahweh, Divine Judge} am driving out from before you, because they did all these things, and I abhorred them. |
| 23. Dynamic Translation You must not follow the customs of the nation that I {Yahweh, Supreme Judge} am about to drive out before you, because they did all these things, and I was repulsed. |