Leviticus 18:2
Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: I am the Lord your God.
Catholic Public Domain 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 the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and with your offspring after you in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
Exodus 20:2“I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, out of the house of servitude.
Leviticus 18:4You shall accomplish my judgments, and you shall observe my precepts, and you shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:3Let each one fear his father and his mother. Observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:34but let him be among you like one native born. And you shall love him as yourselves. For you were also newcomers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 20:23Do not be willing to walk by the ordinances of the nations, which I will expel before you. For they have done all these things, and so I abominate 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 →