Leviticus 18:2
"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'I am the Lord your God.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 17:7I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
Exodus 20:2"I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Leviticus 18:4You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:3"'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:34The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 20:23You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred 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 →