Leviticus 18:5
And you have kept My statutes and My judgments which man does and lives in them; I [am] YHWH.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4You do My judgments and you keep My statutes, to walk in them; I [am] your God YHWH.
6None of you draws near to any relation of his flesh to uncover nakedness; I [am] YHWH.
Cross References
Exodus 6:2And God speaks to Moses and says to him, “I [am] YHWH,
Exodus 6:29that YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, “I [am] YHWH, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am speaking to you.”
Deuteronomy 30:6And your God YHWH has circumcised your heart and the heart of your seed, to love your God YHWH with all your heart and with all your soul, for the sake of your life;
Nehemiah 9:29And testify against them, || To bring them back to Your law; And they have acted proudly, || And have not listened to Your commands, || And against Your judgments have sinned—Which man does and has lived in them—And they give a stubborn shoulder, || And have hardened their neck, || And have not listened.
Ezekiel 20:13And the house of Israel rebels against Me in the wilderness, || They have not walked in My statutes, || And they have despised My judgments, || Which the man who does—lives by them. And they have greatly defiled My Sabbaths, || And I speak—to pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
Malachi 3:6“For I, YHWH, have not changed, || And you, the sons of Jacob, || You have not been consumed.
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 →