Leviticus 18:1
Other Translations of Leviticus 18:1
King James Version
Acts of Immorality Forbidden
181 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
English Standard Version
Acts of Immorality Forbidden
181 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
The Message
Acts of Immorality Forbidden
181 God spoke to Moses,
New King James Version
Acts of Immorality Forbidden
181 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
New Living Translation
Acts of Immorality Forbidden
181 Then the Lord said to Moses,
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 18:1
Chapter Contents
Unlawful marriages and fleshly lusts.
Here is a law against all conformity to the corrupt usages of the heathen. Also laws against incest, against brutal lusts, and barbarous idolatries; and the enforcement of these laws from the ruin of the Canaanites. God here gives moral precepts. Close and constant adherence to God's ordinances is the most effectual preservative from gross sin. The grace of God only will secure us; that grace is to be expected only in the use of the means of grace. Nor does He ever leave any to their hearts' lusts, till they have left him and his services.