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You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger who sojourns among you;

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One Law for All

Commentators stress that God's moral law was not just for native Israelites but also for the "stranger that sojourns among you." This established a single, universal standard of holiness for everyone living in the covenant community, demonstrating that God's righteousness applies to all people under His authority.

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Leviticus

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Leviticus 18:24–30

18th Century

Theologian

The land designed and consecrated for His people by Yahweh (Leviticus 25:23) is here personified and represented as vomiting forth its …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Leviticus 18:26

19th Century

Bishop

You shall therefore keep my statutes. —As the perpetration of the above-mentioned abominations entailed such disastrous c…

John Calvin

John Calvin

On Leviticus 18:26

16th Century

Theologian

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes. He here contrasts His Law with the abominations of the Gentiles. The exhibition of His severity, whic…

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John Gill

John Gill

On Leviticus 18:26

17th Century

Pastor

You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments Before observed to them, whether of a ceremonial nature, and enjoin…