Leviticus 18:5
So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.
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In Context
6You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.
Cross References
Exodus 6:2And God said to Moses, I am Yahweh:
Exodus 6:29The Lord said to Moses, I am the Lord: say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything I am saying to you.
Deuteronomy 30:6And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.
Nehemiah 9:29And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.
Ezekiel 20:13But the children of Israel would not be controlled by me in the waste land: they were not guided by my rules, and they were turned away from my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said that I would let loose my passion on them in the waste land, and put an end to them.
Malachi 3:6For I am the Lord, I am unchanged; and so you, O sons of Jacob, have not been cut off.
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 →