“Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord your God.”
Keep my requirements and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the Lord your God. The closing command and divine self-identification close the chapter with the same formula that opened it: I am the Lord your God. The holiness ethics that the chapter has detailed are bounded by the covenant identity: the regulations begin and end in the relationship. The community that keeps the requirements and avoids the detestable customs does so not primarily from fear of the consequences but from the identity they have received: I am the Lord your God.
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