Leviticus 18:3
After ye doings of the land of Egypt, wherin ye dwelt, shall ye not doe: and after the maner of the land of Canaan, whither I will bring you, shall ye not do, neither walke in their ordinances,
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In Context
2Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, I am the Lord your God.
4But do after my iudgements, and keepe mine ordinances, to walke therein: I am the Lord your God.
Cross References
Leviticus 18:24Yee shall not defile your selues in any of these things: for in al these the nations are defiled, which I will cast out before you:
Deuteronomy 12:4Ye shall not do so vnto ye Lord your God,
Deuteronomy 29:17And ye haue seene their abominations and their idoles (wood, and stone, siluer and golde) which were among them,
Jeremiah 10:2Thus saith the Lord, Learne not the way of the heathen, and be not afraid for the signes of heauen, though the heathen be afraid of such.
Ezekiel 23:8Neither left she her fornications, learned of the Egyptians: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginitie, and powred their whoredome vpon her.
Ephesians 5:7Be not therefore companions 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 →