Leviticus 18 · Grade 5
Keep My Statutes
Read and Think
Leviticus 18 is framed by God's name. It begins, I am Yahweh your God, and it ends the same way. The point is clear: Israel's behavior was to flow from who their God was. God named two cultures they must not imitate: Egypt, which they had left, and Canaan, where they were going.
The heart of the chapter sets boundaries that protected marriage, family, and human life. These boundaries forbade relationships that would harm families, and they also forbade offering children to the false god Molech. God said the nations had done these things and the land became defiled. Israel was warned that if they did the same, the land would vomit them out as well.
Verse 5 gives the positive promise: You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. Paul quotes this verse in Romans 10 and Galatians 3. He shows that no one keeps the law perfectly, and so life comes through faith in Christ, who kept it for us. God's law still shows us His holy and loving design for life.
Show What You Know
How is Leviticus 18 framed?
Which two cultures was Israel not to imitate?
What did the chapter's boundaries protect?
What warning was given if Israel did the same as the nations?
How does Paul use verse 5?
Word Bank Fill-In
Use the word bank to fill in each blank.
- It begins, I am Yahweh your , and it ends the same way.
- God named two cultures they must not imitate: , which they had left, and Canaan, where they were going.
- Verse 5 gives the positive promise: You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall in them.
Think About It
How should knowing who God is shape the way you live?
Why do you think God cares so much about protecting families and children?
Memory Verse
“You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am Yahweh.”
Leviticus 18:5 (WEB)
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Prayer
Dear God, thank You for showing me Your way. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- What does it mean that the one who keeps God's laws shall live by them?
- How can you choose God's ways when others choose differently?
- What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?
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