Leviticus 18:1-5, Leviticus 18:24-30 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 18:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... He continued speaking to him, after he had delivered to him the laws respecting the day of atonement, and the bringing of the sacrifices to the door of the tabernacle, and particularly concerning the Israelites not worshipping devils, as they had done in Egypt: the Lord proceeds to deliver out others, the more effectually to guard against both the immoral and idolatrous practice, of the Egyptians and Canaanites: saying , as follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 18:2

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 them among them, either by word of mouth, or by writing, or both: and say unto them, I am the Lord your God ; with which they were to be introduced; showing the right he had to enact and enjoin such laws, since he was Jehovah, the Being of beings, and from whom they received their beings; their sovereign Lord and King, who had a right to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 18:3

After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do ,.... Where they had dwelt many years, and were just come out from thence, and where they had learned many of their evil practices; not only their idolatrous ones referred to in the preceding chapter, which it is certain they followed, Ezekiel 20:7 ; but also their immoral practices, particularly respecting incestuous marriages, after insisted on, some of which were established by a law among them; so Diodorus Siculus... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 18:4

Ye shall do my judgments ,.... Which are just and right, and according to the rules of justice and equity; these are things, as Jarchi observes, which are said in the law with judgment, or are laws framed with the highest reason, even by the judgment of God himself, whose judgment is always according to truth: Aben Ezra thinks, these are the judicial laws in Exodus 21:1 ; but though they may include them, they have more particular respect to the following laws: and keep mine ordinances,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 18:5

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 live in them ; live a long life in the land of Canaan, in great happiness and prosperity, see Deuteronomy 30:20 ; for as for eternal life, that was never intended to be had, nor was it possible it could be had and enjoyed by obedience to the law, which fallen man is unable to keep; but is what... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 18:3

The doings of the land of Egypt - the land of Canaan - The worshipping of demons, beasts, etc., as mentioned in the preceding chapter, Leviticus 17:7 , and the abominations mentioned in this chapter from Leviticus 18:21-23 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 18:1

Verse 1 1.And the Lord spoke unto Moses. I have not introduced this declaration amongst other similar ones, which had for their object the preparation of their minds for the reverent reception of the Law, because, whatever conformity there may be in the words themselves, in their substance there is a great difference; for they were general, whereas this is specially confined to a single point. For it was not God’s intention here merely to exhort the people to the study of the Law, but the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 18:4

Verse 4 4.Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments. Because it is no less difficult to correct vices, to which men have been long accustomed, than to cure diseases of long standing, especially because people in general so pertinaciously cleave to bad examples, God adduces His statutes, in order to recall the people from the errors of their evil habits into the right way. For nothing is more absurd than for us to fix our minds on the actions of men, and not on God’s word, in which is... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 5 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 incestuous pollutions of the Gentiles, yet, as it is a remarkable one, and contains general instruction, from whence Paul derives his definition of the righteousness of the Law, (Romans 10:5,) it seems to me to come in very appropriately here, inasmuch as it sanctions and confirms the Law by the promise of... read more

Leviticus 18:1-5, Leviticus 18:24-30 Niv

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 18:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 18:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 18:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 18:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 18:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 18:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 18:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 18:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 18:4

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

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