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Leviticus 18:3
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1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: a‘I am the Lord your God.  
3 aAccording to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and baccording to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their2 ordinances.  
4 aYou shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the Lord your God.  
5 You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.
6 ‘None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness: I am the Lord.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Leviticus 18:2-4

UNLAWFUL MARRIAGES. (Lev. 18:1-30)

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 described as owing to the abominations with which they had polluted the land.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Leviticus 18:3:

Jeremiah 10:2
Matthew 5:18

 

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