27 (for the people of the land, who were before you, did all of these abominations, so that the land became unclean),

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

4 “Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, ^g‘It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,’ whereas it is ^hbecause of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you.

Abominable Practices

9 ^h“When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to ⁱfollow the abominable practices of those nations.