Leviticus 22:33
in Leviticus 22who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”
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ASV
who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Jehovah.
KJV
That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord.
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This verse in Leviticus 22
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
You are to keep My commandments and practice them
on Leviticus 22:31-33
The chapter closes on "I am the LORD", which stands in place of a reason. The verb behind "acknowledged as holy" in verse 32 is the one Moses used to Aaron over Nadab and Abihu at 10:3. Verse 33 grounds it in the God who brought Israel out of Egypt.
This site's exposition
to be your God
The same words stand at 11:45, near the end of the food laws. There the LORD who brought Israel out of Egypt to be their God tells them to be holy. Here they close the laws of the priests and the offerings, and the exodus is the ground of both.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God,.... Whereby he showed himself to be their covenant God and Father, who had a kind and gracious regard unto them, and which laid them under obligation to fear, serve, and worship him as their God: I am the Lord; that hath sovereign right unto them, and claim upon them, and therefore they ought to be subject to his will, and observe his laws ordinances.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Brought you out of the land of Egypt - By such a series of miraculous interferences, to be your God - to save you from all idolatry, false and superstitious worship, teach you the right way, lead and support you in it, and preserve you to my eternal kingdom and glory. God, infinite in his own perfections, has no need of his creatures; but they need him; and, as a source of endless felicity, he opens himself to all his intelligent offspring.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַמּוֹצִ֤יא | hamotzi' | who brought out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֶתְכֶם֙ | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | meeretz | from [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרַ֔יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| לִהְי֥וֹת | lihyot | to become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | for <the> you | ||
| לֵאלֹהִ֑ים | lelohim | <into> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲנִ֖י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ פ | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
הַמּוֹצִ֤יאwho brought out
hamotzi'H3318 →1067 times
אֶתְכֶם֙<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מֵאֶ֣רֶץfrom [the] land of
meeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
לִהְי֥וֹתto become
lihyotH1961 →3559 times
לָכֶ֖םfor <the> you
lakhem
לֵאלֹהִ֑ים<into> God
lelohimH430 →2601 times
אֲנִ֖יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָֽה׃ פ[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:6
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Hosea 13:4
Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
- Psalms 81:10
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
- Leviticus 26:13
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and…
- Exodus 13:3
So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His…
- Deuteronomy 5:6
Through
Leviticus 11:45For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
it leads to
- Exodus 20:2
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 11:44
For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
- Exodus 6:7
I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of…
- Exodus 20:2
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.