Leviticus 18:3
You shall not do according to the custom of the land of Egypt, in which you dwelt: neither shall you act according to the manner of the country of Chanaan, into which I will bring you, nor shall you walk in their ordinances.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: I am the Lord your God.
Cross References
Leviticus 18:24Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled, which I will cast out before you,
Deuteronomy 12:4You shall not do so to the Lord your God:
Deuteronomy 29:17You have seen their abominations and filth, that is to say, their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which they worshipped.
Jeremiah 10:2Thus saith the Lord: Learn not according to the ways of the Gentiles: and be not afraid of the signs of heaven, which the heathens fear:
Ezekiel 23:8Moreover also she did not forsake her fornications which she had committed in Egypt: for they also lay with her in her youth, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured out their fornication upon her.
Ephesians 5:7Be ye not therefore partakers with 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 →