complete verse (Leviticus 20:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 20:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do not live like the people who are there where I am taking you to live, because they have done all these things and then I hate (them).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Don’t you do like the nations [did] that I am about to drive out before you. By doing the evil [lit.: not right] things that they did, they caused me to abhor them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The people that I am- causing-to-leave/(forcing-out) from that land do these evil[s]/wicked-things, and because of-this I detest them. So you (plur.) do- not -follow what they are-doing.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Do not imitate/adopt the customs of the people of the land from which I will expel them as you advance. I hated them because they did all those things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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