Leviticus 18:2
“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'I am Yahweh your God.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
In Context
1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 17:7I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you, throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
Exodus 20:2“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Leviticus 18:4My laws are what you must do, and my commandments are what you must keep, so that you walk in them, because I am Yahweh your God.
Leviticus 19:3Everyone must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
Leviticus 19:34The foreigner who lives with you must be to you like the native-born Israelite who lives among you, and you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.
Leviticus 20:23You must not walk in the customs of the nations that I will drive out before you, for they have done all these things, and I detest 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 →