Leviticus 18:4

18:4 You must observe my regulations 1  and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. 2  I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:2

19:2 “Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them, ‘You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

Leviticus 19:32

19:32 You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 25:55

25:55 because the Israelites are my own servants; 3  they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

1 tn Heb “My regulations you shall do”; KJV, NASB “my judgments”; NRSV “My ordinances”; NIV, TEV “my laws.”

sn The Hebrew term translated “regulation” (מִשְׁפָּט, mishpat) refers to the set of regulations about to be set forth in the following chapters (cf. Lev 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:46). Note especially the thematic and formulaic relationships between the introduction here in Lev 18:1-5 and the paraenesis in Lev 20:22-26, both of which refer explicitly to the corrupt nations and the need to separate from them by keeping the Lord’s regulations.

2 tn Heb “and my statutes you shall keep [or “watch; guard”] to walk in them.”

3 tn Heb “because to me the sons of Israel are servants.”