Leviticus 18:5
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.
6None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.
Cross References
Exodus 6:2God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.
Exodus 6:29He said to him, “I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I say to you.”
Deuteronomy 30:6The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
Nehemiah 9:29You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
Ezekiel 20:13Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
Malachi 3:6“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
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 →