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John Gill's Exposition on Leviticus 19:37

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, etc.] Delivered in this and the preceding chapters, and elsewhere, whether ceremonial or judicial, or moral, as there were of each, which had been delivered to them; and which are all comprehended in these two words, “statutes”, or ordinances, which were the determinations of his sovereign will, and of mere positive institution; and “judgments”, which were such laws as respected their civil or religious conduct, formed according to the rules of justice and equity: “all” and everyone of which were to be “observed”, taken notice of, and regarded, in order to be put in practice, as follows: and do them; act according to them, in civil, moral, and religious life: I [am] the Lord; who enjoined all these things, and had a right to do so, and expected obedience to them, which it was right fit that they should give.
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