Leviticus 18:3
you do not do according to the work of the land of Egypt in which you have dwelt, and you do not do according to the work of the land of Canaan to where I am bringing you in, and you do not walk in their statutes.
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
2“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: I [am] your God YHWH;
4You do My judgments and you keep My statutes, to walk in them; I [am] your God YHWH.
Cross References
Leviticus 18:24Do not defile yourselves with all these, for with all these the nations have been defiled which I am sending away from before you;
Deuteronomy 12:4You do not do so to your God YHWH;
Deuteronomy 29:17and you see their abominations, and their idols of wood and stone, silver and gold, which [are] with them,
Jeremiah 10:2Thus said YHWH: “Do not accustom yourselves to the way of the nations, || And do not be frightened by the signs of the heavens, || For the nations are frightened by them.
Ezekiel 23:8And she has not forsaken her whoredoms out of Egypt, || For with her they lay in her youth, || And they dealt with the loves of her virginity, || And they pour out their whoredoms on her.
Ephesians 5:7do not become, then, 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 →