“ Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. ”
I am, the Lord your God - The frequent repetition of this formula in these parts of the Law may be intended to keep the Israelites in mind of their covenant with Yahweh in connection with the com...
General Warning against Conformity to Indigenous Practices. The phrase I am Yahweh is characteristic of Ezek. and H, occurring twenty-one times in Leviticus 18-20. If a command is understood as com...
children. Hebrew sons.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. I am the Lord your God. This renewed mention of the divine sovereignty over the Israelites was intended to bear p...
Law of Forbidden Degrees of Marriage, and of Chastity 3. Some of the unions here forbidden as incestuous were permitted among the nations of antiquity. The early Egyptians, e.g. permitted marriage...
I am the Lord your God. — The Lord is their recognised and sole sovereign, the children of Israel are therefore bound to obey His precepts, and not be led astray by the customs or statutes which pr...
THE LAW OF HOLINESS: CHASTITY Leviticus 18:1-30 Chapter S 18, 19, and 20, by a formal introduction Leviticus 18:1-5 and a formal closing, Leviticus 20:22-26 are indicated as a distinct sect...
At this point in the enunciation of the laws of separation they assume a slightly altered character. So far, the fundamental matters of relationships to God have been the principal note. Now the habi...
The laws which are given in this Chapter, are strikingly introduced by the authority of the lawgiver. I am the LORD your GOD. That LORD, which by right of sovereignty ought to be obeyed. That covenan...
Speak unto the children of Israel ,.... To the heads of their tribes, that they might deliver to them the following laws; or Moses is bid to publish them among them, either by word of mouth, or by w...
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. Ver. 2. I am the Lord your God. ] Your Maker and Master.
Your God Your sovereign and lawgiver. This is often repeated, because the things here forbidden were practised and allowed by the Gentiles, to whose custom he opposes divine authority and their obl...
FORBIDDING SEXUAL SINS (vv. 1-30) Chapter 17 has dealt with sin directly against God; now chapter 18 speaks of sin in relationship with other creatures, primarily humans, but also animals (v. 23)....
Cautions against Idolatrous Practices. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, sa...
Your Sovereign and Lawgiver. This is oft repeated here, because the things here forbidden were practised and allowed by the Gentiles, to whose custom he here opposeth Divine authority, and their obli...
The Command To Obey Yahweh Their God Whose Commands Bring Life ( Leviticus 18:2-5 ). Leviticus 18:2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, I am Yahweh your God.” What follows ver...
Incestuous Marriages: Domestic Purity SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 18:2 .—Speak unto them and say, I am the Lord your God. Jehovah is the sole lawgiver, His word the one law to His people: ungo...
Leviticus 18:21 . Molech, or Moloch, was the chief idol of the Sabians, and of the Ammonites. 1 Kings 11:7 ; 1 Kings 11:33 . To this idol Solomon built a high place on mount Olivet. The form of...
Ye shall do My judgments Safety in the observance of God’s laws This preface of some is taken generally to concern all the laws of God; the observation whereof is ever the sure safety of a sta...
PART III . SECTION III . EXPOSITION MORAL UNCLEANNESS AND ITS PUNISHMENT . This being the subject of the three following chapters (chapters 18-20), they naturally form a sequence...
Unlawful Marriages
Exodus 20:2 ; Exodus 6:7 ; Ezekiel 20:19 ; Ezekiel 20:20 ; Ezekiel 20:5 ; Ezekiel 20:7 ; Genesis 17:7 ; Leviticus 11:44 ; Leviticus 18:4 ; Leviticus 19:10 ; Leviticus 19:3 ; Leviticus 19:...
Your God — Your sovereign, and lawgiver. This is often repeated because the things here forbidden were practised and allowed by the gentiles, to whose custom he opposes divine authority and their o...