Leviticus 18:2
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, I am the Lord your God.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
In Context
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between thee and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God, and the God of thy seed after thee.
Exodus 20:2I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Leviticus 18:4Ye shall observe my judgments, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:3Let every one of you reverence his father and his mother; and ye shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:34The stranger that comes to you shall be among you as the native, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 20:23And walk ye not in the customs of the nations which I drive out from before you; for they have done all these things, and I have abhorred 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 →