181 Then the Lord spoke to Moses , saying , 2 "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ' I am the Lord your God . 3 'You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived , nor are you to do what is done in the land of Canaan where e I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes . 4 'You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes , to live in accord with them; I am the Lord your God . 5 'So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments , by which a man may live if he does them; I am the Lord .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 18:1-5
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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.