“That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.”
And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you. The warning applied directly to Israel: if you defile the land, the land will vomit you out. The same consequence that befell the Canaanites awaits Israel if they follow the same practices. Leviticus 26 will develop this warning into the exile theology that the prophets will later announce. The vomiting-out of Israel from the promised land — the exile — is foreshadowed here as the covenant consequence of the holiness violations that Leviticus 18 prohibits.
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