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Leviticus 18:2

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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.
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  1. Exodus 6:7Rank 1 from verse 2
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    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.

  2. Leviticus 11:44Rank 2 from verse 2
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    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.

  3. Ezekiel 20:5Rank 3 from verse 2
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    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;

  4. Leviticus 20:7Rank 4 from verse 2
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    7¶ Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.

  5. Exodus 20:2Rank 5 from verse 2
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    2I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  6. Ezekiel 20:19–20Rank 6 from verse 2
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    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.

  7. Ezekiel 20:7Rank 7 from verse 2
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    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.

  8. Genesis 17:7Rank 8 from verse 2
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    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.

  9. Leviticus 18:4Rank 9 from verse 2
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    4Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.

  10. Leviticus 19:10Rank 10 from verse 2
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    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.

  11. Leviticus 19:3–4Rank 11 from verse 2
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    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.

  12. Leviticus 19:34Rank 12 from verse 2
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    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.

  13. Psalms 33:12Rank 13 from verse 2
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    12Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

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Leviticus 18:2

COMBINED MEANING

speak

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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.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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your

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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18:1AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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

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18:3After 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.

18:4Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk 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.

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