Leviticus 22:31-33 Therefore shall you keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.… Five motives are strewn on their path to constrain them to close obedience. 1. "I am the Lord." This is authority employed. 2. "I will be hallowed among the children of Israel." This is His holiness, and His desire to diffuse awe of His holy name. 3. "I am the Lord which hallow you." Here is an appeal to their privileges as Israelites. Do you not feel that you actually are set apart for Me? 4. "I am the Lord which brought you out of Egypt." Here is His claim as Redeemer, who paid the price and set free the captives. Is there gratitude in your souls? Is there sense of thankfulness for favour done? 5. "Your God" — as well as your Lord: His claim as Father, Shepherd, King, and whatever else there is that is tender in relationship, or beneficial in office, or sweet in character — all is summed up in "your God"! Who is like "our God"? "Who would not fear Thee?" (Jeremiah 10:7). (A. A. Bonar.) Parallel Verses KJV: Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.WEB: "Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them. I am Yahweh. |
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