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Leviticus 18:2
2‘Tell Israel's people that I am the Lord their God.
Leviticus 18:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.
- New International Version (NIV)“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘I am the Lord your God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the Lord your God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘I am the Lord your God.
Context of Leviticus 18:2
1The Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell Israel's people that I am the Lord their God. 3They were living in Egypt, but they must not do as the people in Egypt do. Now I am bringing them to live in Canaan. They must not live in the way that the people in Canaan live. They must not do the things that those people do. 4They must obey my rules. I am the Lord their God.
Read all of Leviticus 18Leviticus 18:2 word by word
דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 18:2
- Leviticus 18:4They must obey my rules. I am the Lord their God.
- Leviticus 11:44God says, “I am the Lord your God. I am holy. Make yourselves holy. Do not touch any small animal that moves across the ground. If you do, you will not be clean or holy
- Leviticus 19:3Each person must respect his mother and his father. All the people must keep the Sabbath as a day of rest. I am the Lord your God.
- Leviticus 20:7The people must be holy. I am the Lord your God.
- Genesis 17:7My covenant with you is very strong. I am making it with you and with your descendants. It will continue for generation after generation of your descendants, for all time. I will be your God. I will also be the God of all your descendants.
- Exodus 6:7I will cause you to be my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord. I am your God who saved you from the power of the Egyptians.
- Exodus 20:2‘I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt, the country where you were slaves.
- Psalms 33:12The Lord blesses the nation that has him as their God. He has chosen them to belong to him, as his own special people.
- Ezekiel 20:5Say to them, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: On the day that I chose Israel's people to belong to me, I made a promise to all Jacob's descendants. In the land of Egypt, I showed them who I am. I promised them, ‘I am the Lord your God.’
Commentaries on Leviticus 18:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2I 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 common affairs of life, in which they might be tempted to look at legal restrictions in a mere secular light.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Many Near Eastern treaties started with the ruler's name and titles. The phrase, "I am the LORD your God," names the great king, Yahweh (LORD), and gives his title, "your God" (see also Exodus 20:2; Deuteronomy 5:6). These words briefly recalled Israel’s covenant with God and all it meant. By reminding the people they belonged to the Lord, these words demanded a response (Leviticus 11:44; 18:4–5). Chapter 18 starts and ends with these words, and they…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-302-4. I am the Lord your God--This renewed mention of the divine sovereignty over the Israelites was intended to bear particularly on some laws that were widely different from the social customs that obtained both in Egypt and Canaan; for the enormities, which the laws enumerated in this chapter were intended to put down, were freely practised or publicly sanctioned in both of those countries; and, indeed, the extermination of the ancient Canaanites is…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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