“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.”
But I said to you, you will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations. The positive promise grounds the prohibitions: the land flowing with milk and honey is the inheritance of the community that maintains the distinctions the chapter has required. The I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations grounds the entire ethical framework of Leviticus 18–20 in the election and calling of the covenant community: Israel is set apart, and that election carries the responsibility of the distinctive ethics of the chapters that preceded this verse.
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