But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
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Gill's Exposition
But I have said unto you, ye shall inherit the land,.... Promised it unto them, as he had to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and also to them; or he had said the above things unto them, that…
The ground is here again stated on which all these laws of holiness should be obeyed. See Lev 18:24-30 note. Lev 20:24 Compare the margin reference. Lev 20:25, Lev 20:26 The distinction between clean…
Adam Clarke
A land that floweth with milk and honey - See this explained Exo 3:8 (note).
The last verse is a particular law, which comes in after the general conclusion, as if omitted in its proper place: it is for the putting of those to death that dealt with familiar spirits, Lev 20:27.…
An exhortation fundamentally in agreement with Lev 18:24-30.
The idea of a separation from other nations is prominent in connexion with that of holiness.
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