Leviticus 18:3
You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived. You shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes.
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2“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.
4You shall do my ordinances. You shall keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God.
Cross References
Leviticus 18:24“‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
Deuteronomy 12:4You shall not do so to the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 29:17and you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which were amongst them);
Jeremiah 10:2The LORD says, “Don’t learn the way of the nations, and don’t be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.
Ezekiel 23:8She hasn’t left her prostitution since leaving Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her. They caressed her youthful nipples and they poured out their prostitution on her.
Ephesians 5:7Therefore don’t be partakers 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 →