Leviticus 18:3
You must not do the things that the people do in Egypt, where you lived previously. You must not do the things that the people do in Canaan, the land to which I am taking you. Do not follow their customs.
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2“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'I am Yahweh your God.
Cross References
Leviticus 18:24Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for in all these ways the nations are defiled, the nations that I will drive out from before you.
Deuteronomy 12:4You will not worship Yahweh your God like that.
Deuteronomy 29:17You have seen their disgusting idols made of wood and stone, silver and gold, that were among them.
Jeremiah 10:2Yahweh says this, 'Do not learn the ways of the nations, 1 and do not be dismayed by the signs in the heavens, for the nations are dismayed by these. 1
Ezekiel 23:8For she had not left her prostitute behavior behind in Egypt, when they had slept with her when she had been a young girl, when they first began to fondle her virgin breasts, when they first began to pour out their promiscuous behavior on her.
Ephesians 5:7Therefore, do not join in with 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 →