Leviticus 18:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.
Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, I am the LORD your God.
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- Exodus 6:7Rank 1 from verse 2
7And 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.
7And I will take you to mee 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 vnder the burdens of the Egyptians.
- Leviticus 11:44Rank 2 from verse 2
44For 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.
44For I am the LORD your God: yee shall therefore sanctifie your selues, and *ye shall be holy, for I am holy: neither shall ye defile your selues with any maner of creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth.
- Ezekiel 20:5Rank 3 from verse 2
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;
5¶ ‖*And say vnto them, Thus saith the LORD God, In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted vp mine hand vnto the seed of the house of Iacob, and made my selfe knowen vnto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted vp mine hand vnto them, saying, I am the LORD your God,
- Leviticus 20:7Rank 4 from verse 2
- Exodus 20:2Rank 5 from verse 2
- Ezekiel 20:19–20Rank 6 from verse 2
19I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
20And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.
19I am the LORD your God: walke in my statutes, and keepe my iudgements and doe them:
20And hallow my Sabbaths, and they shall be a signe betweene mee and you, that yee may know that I am the LORD your God.
- Ezekiel 20:7Rank 7 from verse 2
7Then 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.
7Then said I vnto them, Cast ye away euery man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not your selues with the idoles of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
- Genesis 17:7Rank 8 from verse 2
7And 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.
7And I will establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee, in their generations for an euerlasting couenant, to bee a God vnto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- Leviticus 18:4Rank 9 from verse 2
- Leviticus 19:10Rank 10 from verse 2
10And 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.
10And thou shalt not gleane thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather euery grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leaue them for the poore and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 19:3–4Rank 11 from verse 2
3¶ Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
4¶ Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
3¶ Yee shall feare euery man his mother, and his father, and keepe my Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
4¶ Turne ye not vnto idoles, nor make to your selues molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 19:34Rank 12 from verse 2
34But 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.
34* But the stranger that dwelleth with you, shalbe as one borne amongst you, and thou shalt loue him as thy selfe, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
- Psalms 33:12Rank 13 from verse 2
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Leviticus 18:2
Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.
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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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The one true God.
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18:1AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
18:1¶ And the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying,
18:2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.
18:2Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, I am the LORD your God.
Selected passage18:3After 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.
18:3After the doings of the land of Egypt wherein ye dwelt, shal ye not doe: and after the doings of land of Canaan whither I bring you, shall ye not doe: neither shall yee walke in their ordinances.
18:4Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.
18:4Ye shall doe my iudgements, and keepe mine ordinances, to walke therein: I am the LORD your God.
18:5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.
18:5*Yee shall therefore keepe my statutes, and my iudgements: which if a man doe, hee shall liue in them: I am the LORD.