Reference

Leviticus 20:22

Present / Ongoing Fulfillment Dominion Over Creation Stewardship of Creation Judgment for Land Violation

“Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.”

And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.

Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.

And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Stewardship of Creation

Multi-Signal Classification

30% relevance

This verse was identified by multiple independent signals: structural patterns, prophetic context, and vocabulary — then validated by a probability model (Snorkel).

Judgment for Land Violation

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95% relevance

This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Counter-Arguments

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Present / Ongoing Fulfillment

This verse is a direct command and warning given to ancient Israel regarding their obedience to the Mosaic Law, with a consequence tied to their immediate physical land. It does not describe a prophetic reality unfolding throughout the church age, nor does it inherently apply to a Christian understanding of "the land" or "spuing out."

Dominion Over Creation

This verse speaks about the people's obedience to God's laws to avoid being expelled from the land, which is a consequence for their actions, not a directive for them to exercise authority or control over the natural world. The land is presented as an active agent that can "spue out" the inhabitants, suggesting the land has a form of power over humanity, rather than humanity having dominion over it.

Stewardship of Creation

The verse focuses on obedience to divine statutes and judgments as a condition for remaining in the land, rather than on humanity's active role in tending, keeping, or managing the land itself. The land's action of "spuing out" is a consequence of disobedience, not a reaction to poor ecological stewardship.

Judgment for Land Violation

The verse does not explicitly state that the land will "vomit out" its inhabitants due to a "misuse of land" or "broken land sabbaths," but rather for failing to keep "all my statutes, and all my judgments," which are broader in scope than just land-related violations.

Present / Ongoing Fulfillment

Cross-References

Leviticus 18:24Thematic

“Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:”

Leviticus 18:25Thematic

“And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.”

Leviticus 18:25Thematic

“And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.”

Leviticus 26:33Thematic

“And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.”

Leviticus 18:28Thematic

“That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.”

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