Leviticus 18 · Verse 2

Leviticus 18:2

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 18:2, King James Version

Leviticus 18:2 in other translations

BSB“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.
WEB“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.
ASVSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.
YLT‘Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, I am Jehovah your God;
DARBYSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.
BBESay to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.
WebsterSpeak to the children of Israel, and say to them, I am the LORD your God.

What does Leviticus 18:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 18:2-4

Le 18:1-30. Unlawful Marriages.

2-4. 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 described as owing to the abominations with which they had polluted the land.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Leviticus 18:2 in the original Hebrew

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דַּבֵּר֙da.BerspeakH1696
אֶל\־'el-toH413
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ve.'a.mar.Taand you will sayH559
אֲלֵהֶ֑ם'a.le.Hemto themH413
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָ֥הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם\׃'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430

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Cross references for Leviticus 18:2

  • Exodus 6:7

    And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

  • Leviticus 11:44

    For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

  • Ezekiel 20:5

    And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the Lord your God;

  • Leviticus 20:7

    Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.

  • Ezekiel 20:19-20

    I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.

  • Leviticus 19:3-4

    Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

  • Psalms 33:12

    Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

  • Genesis 17:7

    And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

  • Leviticus 19:34

    But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • Leviticus 19:10

    And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.

  • Ezekiel 20:7

    Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • Exodus 20:2

    I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4; 11:44; 19:3,4,10,34; 20:7; Ge 17:7; Ex 6:7; 20:2; Ps 33:12
Eze 20:5,7,19,20

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Context

  • Leviticus 18:1

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Leviticus 18:2

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

  • Leviticus 18:3

    After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

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Leviticus 18:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Habla á los hijos de Israel, y diles: Yo soy Jehová vuestro Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Parle aux fils d’Israël, et dis-leur: Moi, je suis l’ Éternel, votre Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Rede zu den Kindern Israel und sprich zu ihnen: Ich bin Jehova, euer Gott.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Loquere filiis Israël, et dices ad eos: Ego Dominus Deus vester: