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Leviticus 18:2

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.

In Context

1Then the LORD said to Moses,

3You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Leviticus 18:4You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:34You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 20:23You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I 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 →

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