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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comKeil and Delitzsch Commentary - Leviticus 18:1 - 18:1
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Holiness of the Marriage Relation. - The prohibition of incest and similar sensual abominations is introduced with a general warning as to the licentious customs of the Egyptians and Canaanites, and an exhortation to walk in the judgments and ordinances of Jehovah (Lev 18:2-5), and is brought to a close with a threatening allusion to the consequences of all such defilements (Lev 18:24-30).
Lev 18:1-4
By the words, “I am Jehovah your God,” which are placed at the head and repeated at the close (Lev 18:30), the observance of the command is enforced upon the people as a covenant obligation, and urged upon them most strongly by the promise, that through the observance of the ordinances and judgments of Jehovah they should live (Lev 18:5).
Lev 18:5
“The man who does them (the ordinances of Jehovah) shall live (gain true life) through them” (see at Exo 1:16 and Gen 3:22).