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Do not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or a sheep that has any defect or flaw in it, for that would be detestable to him.

I thought it a detestable custom; but it was necessary, he supposed, to drink strong beer, that he might be strong to labor.

Old Miss Snooks is a detestable person to have as a visitor, and I wish you joy of her.

I was glad to get out of the detestable presence of the cook and to be off my feet.

Burma's elections are shaping up to be the detestable sham the dictatorship's sternest critics have warned.

You rely on your sword, you do detestable things, and each of you defiles his neighbor's wife. Should you then possess the land?

This too was one of the detestable aspects of women: They all want to pretend to be prudes .

When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.

The detestable maxim, Live on the enemy! produced this leprosy, which a strict discipline alone could heal.

But you must keep my decrees and my laws. The native-born and the aliens living among you must not do any of these detestable things.

satin proposed various brewery bars , which nana thought detestable , and at last persuaded her to dine at laure s.

The next is the elective system. The curricula of American universities are both favorable and detestable.

But just let us once get past the stoats, with those detestable guns of theirs, and I assure you we shan't want any swords or pistols .

That atrocious system which having attained to the fullest measure of detestable injustice and cruelty, was now fast crumbling into ruin.

'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.

Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be detestable to you.

A state of disgrace resulting from hateful or detestable conduct.

But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked man does, will he live?

'Every creature that moves about on the ground is detestable; it is not to be eaten.

To tell you the truth , I don't care much for it . I think it's detestable .

Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your sins and detestable practices.

'All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you.

Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord , following the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

The Taliban and Osama bin Laden were, he explained, "detestable murderers and scumbags" who should be hunted down.

She held it must be detestable to be afraid or ashamed.

In both his stand-up and his movies, Galifianakis makes his characters as detestable as possible, then sees if he can win the audience back.

In his lab, through the countless times, he created a detestable, ugly monster.

They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed .

the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable . it is so sombre , so depressing.

you left it open; and those--those detestable creatures won't bring coals to the fire.

Do not eat any detestable thing.

While it's a thrill to view the world through Hugo's detestable eyes, Harry's thoughts and compulsions are utterly lackluster.

This detestable custom satirizes humanity.

And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.

Woman! Cease this detestable boohooing instantly! Or else seek the shelter of some other place of worship!

You saw among them their detestable images and idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold.

Cursed: So wicked and detestable as to deserve to be cursed.

If anyone turns a deaf ear to the law, even his prayers are detestable.

Selfishness is a detestable quality.

Selfishness is a most detestable thing.

And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us?

because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcass of their detestable and abominable things.

And they will go there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.

The old detestable world of tension had passed away at last, his soul was strong and at ease.

You wouldn't think that I should cry at anything Joseph could say; but he and Hareton are detestable companions.

And they will come there and take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.

Because of all your detestable idols, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.

There is a subtle wickedness, and the same is detestable: and there is a man that is foolish, wanting in wisdom.

Nothing is more detestable than the man who courts popularity.

There is no initiation either into such mysteries. He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is also detestable.

Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the detestable things they have done.

These are the birds you are to detest and not eat because they are detestable: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture.

A detestable occupation. Somethingodiousis the object of disgust, aversion, or intense displeasure

Our miserable, detestable, deplorable jobs

WHY Japanese goods is so detestable

Will you judge them? Will you judge them, son of man? Then confront them with the detestable practices of their fathers,