Leviticus 18:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD. ”

Leviticus 18:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If a man keeps the “statutes” (i. e. the ordinances of Leviticus 18:4 ) and “judgments” of the divine law, he shall not be “cut off from his people” (compare Leviticus 18:29 ), he shall gain true...
Leviticus 18:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: (b) I [am] the LORD. (b) And therefore you ought to serve me alone, as my people.
Leviticus 18:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Leviticus 18:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

which, &c. . "which, if the man (Hebrew. 'adam, App-14) shall do them, he shall also live by them". live . "live again" in resurrection life ( Revelation 20:6 ). The Chaldee paraphrase. "sha...
Leviticus 18:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes. Although Moses introduces this passage, where he exhorts the Israelites to cultivate chastity in respect to marriage, and not to fall into the incestuo...
Leviticus 18:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 18:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Which if a man do, he shall live in them— That the primary sense of these words refers to that temporal life and prosperity which God promised to the Jews as the consequence of their obedience, the...
Leviticus 18:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD. Which if a man do, he shall live in them. A special blessing was promised to th...
Leviticus 18:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Leviticus 18:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes. Better, and ye shall keep my ordinances. The word here rendered by “statutes” is the same which the Authorised Version translates ordinances in Leviticus 1...
Leviticus 18:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Leviticus 18:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Leviticus 18:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How David speaks of his love to the LORD'S judgments, Psalms 119:1 throughout! But, Reader, did not these statutes, judgments, testimonies, etc. (which as far as I recollect are mentioned, under on...
Leviticus 18:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments ,.... The same as before; these they were to keep in their minds and memories, and to observe them and do them: which if a man do he shall liv...
Leviticus 18:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the LORD. Ver. 5. He shall live in them. ] As the flame lives in the oil, as the creature by...
Leviticus 18:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He shall live in them Not only happily here, but eternally hereafter. This is added as a powerful argument why they should follow God's commands rather than men's examples, because their life and h...
Leviticus 18:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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)....
Leviticus 18:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Cautions against Idolatrous Practices. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, sa...
Leviticus 18:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He shall live in them; not only happily here, but also eternally hereafter, as it is expounded Matthew 19:17 Romans 10:5 . This is added as a powerful argument why they should follow God's com...
Leviticus 18:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Leviticus 18:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 18:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Leviticus 18:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Leviticus 18:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Leviticus 18:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Unlawful Marriages
Leviticus 18:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 6:2 ; Exodus 6:29 ; Exodus 6:6 ; Ezekiel 20:11 ; Ezekiel 20:13 ; Ezekiel 20:21 ; Galatians 3:12 ; Luke 10:28 ; Malachi 3:6 ; Romans 10:5
Leviticus 18:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He shall live in them — Not only happily here, but eternally hereafter. This is added as a powerful argument why they should follow God's commands, rather than mens examples, because their life and...

Leviticus 18:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leviticus 18:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Leviticus 18:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 18:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Leviticus 18:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 18:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 18:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 18:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 18:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 18:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 18:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 18:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 18:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 18:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 18:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 18:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 18:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 18:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 18:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 18:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 18:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 18:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 18:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 18:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 18:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 18:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 18:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes