Leviticus 18:5
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am the LORD.
World English Bible
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In Context
4You shall do my ordinances. You shall keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God.
6“‘None of you shall approach any close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
Cross References
Exodus 6:2God spoke to Moses, and said to him, “I am the LORD.
Exodus 6:29The LORD said to Moses, “I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I tell you.”
Deuteronomy 30:6The LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
Nehemiah 9:29and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they were arrogant, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.
Ezekiel 20:13“‘“But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn’t walk in my statutes and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keeps, he shall live in them. They greatly profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
Malachi 3:6“For I, the LORD, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
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 →