Leviticus 18:2

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.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 the...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children. Hebrew sons.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 sove...
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 antiq...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 rig...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Your God Your sovereign and lawgiver. This is often repeated, because the things here forbidden were practised and allowed by the Gentiles, to whos...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Cautions against Idolatrous Practices. B. C. 1490....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Your Sovereign and Lawgiver. This is oft repeated here, because the things here forbidden were practised and allowed by the Gentiles, to whose custom...
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...
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...
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 Solomo...
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 ob...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART III . SECTION III . EXPOSITION MORAL UNCLEANNESS AND ITS PUNISHMENT . This being the subject of the three following chapter...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Unlawful Marriages
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, I am the Lord, your God. Because the Lawgiver was Jehovah God, the covenant God, therefore the o...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Your God — Your sovereign, and lawgiver. This is often repeated because the things here forbidden were practised and allowed by the gentiles, to wh...

² Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 18:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Leviticus 18:2