27 for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled.
27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
27 (for the people of the land, who were before you, did all of these abominations, so that the land became unclean),
27 The people who lived in this land before you arrived did all these things and polluted the land.
27 (for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled),
27 "All these detestable activities are practiced by the people of the land where I am taking you, and this is how the land has become defiled.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 18:27
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Unlawful marriages and fleshly lusts.
Here is a law against all conformity to the corrupt usages of the heathen. Also laws against incest, against brutal lusts, and barbarous idolatries; and the enforcement of these laws from the ruin of the Canaanites. God here gives moral precepts. Close and constant adherence to God's ordinances is the most effectual preservative from gross sin. The grace of God only will secure us; that grace is to be expected only in the use of the means of grace. Nor does He ever leave any to their hearts' lusts, till they have left him and his services.