Leviticus 18:2
“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: I [am] your God YHWH;
Literal Standard 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 YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I have established My covenant between Me and you, and your seed after you, throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant, to become God to you, and to your seed after you;
Exodus 20:2“I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.
Leviticus 18:4You do My judgments and you keep My statutes, to walk in them; I [am] your God YHWH.
Leviticus 19:3You each fear his mother and his father, and you keep My Sabbaths; I [am] your God YHWH.
Leviticus 19:34the sojourner who is sojourning with you is to you as a native among you, and you have had love for him as for yourself, for you have been sojourners in the land of Egypt; I [am] your God YHWH.
Leviticus 20:23and you do not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am sending away from before you, for they have done all these, and I am wearied 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 →