Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, I am the LORD your God.
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, I am the LORD your God.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.
Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, I am the LORD your God.
"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'I am Yahweh your God.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
I am, the Lord your God - The frequent repetition of this formula in these parts of the Law may be intended to keep the Israelites in mind of their covenant with Yahweh in connection with the common affairs of life, in which they might be tempted to look at legal restrictions in a mere secular light.
18:2 Your God - Your sovereign, and lawgiver. This is often repeated because the things here forbidden were practised and allowed by the gentiles, to whose custom he opposes divine authority and their obligation to obey his commands.