Leviticus 18:2
Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, I am LORD your God.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
In Context
1And LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee and to thy seed after thee.
Exodus 20:2I am LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Leviticus 18:4Ye shall do my ordinances, and ye shall keep my statutes, to walk therein. I am LORD your God.
Leviticus 19:3Every man shall fear his mother, and his father. And ye shall keep my Sabbaths. I am LORD your God.
Leviticus 19:34The stranger that sojourns with you shall be to you as the home-born among you, and thou shall love him as thyself, for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. I am LORD your God.
Leviticus 20:23And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I cast out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 18:2-6
Cautions against Idolatrous Practices. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God. 3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. 4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God. 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my… Read the whole commentary →