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Unlawful Sexual Relations

Leviticus 18:2

In 11 translations

BSB
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.
KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
WEB
“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am Yahweh your God.
ASV
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.
LSV
“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: I [am] your God YHWH;
YLT
'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, I [am] Jehovah your God;
DBY
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.Elohim
DRC
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: I am the Lord your God.
GNV
Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, I am the Lord your God.
JPS
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: I am the LORD your God.
LXXE
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, I am the Lord your God.

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Original-language editions

WLC
דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτοὺς, ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 6:7I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
  • Leviticus 11:44For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
  • Ezekiel 20:5and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to…
  • Leviticus 20:7Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
  • Ezekiel 20:19–20I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’
  • Leviticus 19:3–4Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God. Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
  • Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
  • Leviticus 19:10You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
  • Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  • Leviticus 18:4You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.
  • Ezekiel 20:7And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’
  • Leviticus 19:34You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
  • Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!

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