Levitikus 18:4

4 Meine Rechte sollt ihr tun und meine Satzungen sollt ihr beobachten, darin zu wandeln. Ich bin Jehova, euer Gott.

Levitikus 18:4 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 18:4

Ye shall do my judgments
Which are just and right, and according to the rules of justice and equity; these are things, as Jarchi observes, which are said in the law with judgment, or are laws framed with the highest reason, even by the judgment of God himself, whose judgment is always according to truth: Aben Ezra thinks, these are the judicial laws in ( Exodus 21:1-23:33 ) ; but though they may include them, they have more particular respect to the following laws: and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein:
which he had ordained and appointed of his own will and pleasure, which Jarchi calls the decree of the king, or which he decreed and determined as a king, having absolute power over his subjects to enact and enjoin what he pleased; wherefore some think these refer to ceremonial laws, which depended upon the will of the lawgiver, and were not founded in any natural sense or reason, wherefore it follows: I [am] the Lord your God:
who had a right to make what laws he pleased, being their Sovereign, and which they in gratitude as well as in justice ought to obey, he being their God, their covenant God, who had done great and good things for them.

Levitikus 18:4 In-Context

2 Rede zu den Kindern Israel und sprich zu ihnen: Ich bin Jehova, euer Gott.
3 Nach dem Tun des Landes Ägypten, in welchem ihr gewohnt habt, sollt ihr nicht tun; und nach dem Tun des Landes Kanaan, wohin ich euch bringe, sollt ihr nicht tun; und in ihren Satzungen sollt ihr nicht wandeln.
4 Meine Rechte sollt ihr tun und meine Satzungen sollt ihr beobachten, darin zu wandeln. Ich bin Jehova, euer Gott.
5 Und meine Satzungen und meine Rechte sollt ihr beobachten, durch welche der Mensch, wenn er sie tut, leben wird. Ich bin Jehova.
6 Kein Mensch soll sich irgend einer seiner Blutsverwandten nahen, um ihre Blöße aufzudecken. Ich bin Jehova.
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