Leviticus 18:5
Therefore you must keep my decrees and my laws. If a person obeys them, he will live because of them. I am Yahweh.
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6No one must sleep with any close relative to uncover his nakedness. I am Yahweh.
Cross References
Exodus 6:2God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am Yahweh.
Exodus 6:29he said to him, “I am Yahweh. Say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything that I will tell you.”
Deuteronomy 30:6Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, so you will love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
Nehemiah 9:29You warned them so they might turn back to your law. Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to your commands. They sinned against your decrees which give life to anyone who obeys them. They gave the stubborn shoulder-blade and stiffened their neck and refused to listen.
Ezekiel 20:13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not walk in my statutes; instead, they rejected my decrees, by which a man will live if he obeys them. They greatly profaned my Sabbaths, so I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness in order to end them.
Malachi 3:6“For I, Yahweh, have not changed; therefore you, sons of Jacob, have not come to an end.
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 →