Leviticus 18:5
And you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man do he shall live by them an everlasting life. I am the Lord.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
4My judgments shall you perform and keep My statutes to walk in them; I am the Lord your God.
6No man shall come nigh to any of his own flesh to uncover the nakedness; I am the Lord.
Cross References
Exodus 6:2And the Lord spake to Mosheh and said to him, I am the Lord;
Exodus 6:29That the Lord spake unto Mosheh, saying, I am the Lord: Speak with Pharoh king of Mizraim all that I have said to thee.
Deuteronomy 30:6And the Lord thy God will take away the foolishness of thy heart, and the foolishness of thy children’s heart, to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
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 →