Leviticus 18:2
“Speak to the Israeli people and tell them that I, Yahweh, say this this: I am Yahweh, your God.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
In Context
1Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
Cross References
Genesis 17:7I will make this agreement between me and you and your descendants. It will be an everlasting agreement to be in effect for many generations. This agreement is that I will be your God, and the God of your descendants.
Exodus 20:2“I am Yahweh God, the one you worship. I am the one who brought you out of Egypt. I am the one who freed you from being slaves there.
Leviticus 18:4You must obey all of my laws [DOU], because it is I, Yahweh your God, who am commanding those laws.
Leviticus 19:3‘Each of you must respect your father and your mother. And you must ◄honor/treat respectfully► the Sabbath days. I am Yahweh, your God, and that is what I am commanding you to do.
Leviticus 19:34You must treat them like you treat your fellow-citizens. Love them like you love yourselves, and do not forget that once, when you were foreigners in Egypt, you were badly mistreated by the people of Egypt. I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you to do this.
Leviticus 20:23Do not imitate/adopt the customs of the people of the land from which I will expel them as you advance. I hated them because they did all those things.
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 →