Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 18:1-5
After divers ceremonial institutions, God here returns to the enforcement of moral precepts. The former are still of use to us as types, the latter still binding as laws. We have here, 1. The sacred authority by which these laws are enacted: I am the Lord your God (Lev. 18:1, 4, 30), and I am the Lord, Lev. 18:5, 6, 21. ?The Lord, who has a right to rule all; your God, who has a peculiar right to rule you.? Jehovah is the fountain of being, and therefore the fountain of power, whose we are,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 18
Here is, I. A general law against all conformity to the corrupt usages of the heathen, Lev. 18:1-5. II. Particular laws, 1. Against incest, Lev. 18:6-18. 2. Against beastly lusts, and barbarous idolatries, Lev. 18:19-23. III. The enforcement of these laws from the ruin of the Canaanites, Lev. 18:24-30. read more