Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Leviticus
Book: Leviticus
Chapter: 18
Overview:
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.