弗四22~24　在从前的生活样式上，脱去了旧人，这旧人是照着那迷惑的情欲败坏的；而在你们心思的灵里得以更新，并且穿上了新人，这新人是照着神，在那实际的义和圣中所创造的。
　　研读以弗所四章十七节至五章十四节，可以帮助我们领会利未记十八至二十章；而研读本段利未记，也可以帮助我们领会以弗所书的这一段。我们越研读以弗所四章十七节至五章十四节，就越领会利未记十八至二十章。用旧约的说法，神子民的生活，不可效法他们从前生活在其中的埃及人，也不可效法迦南人。他们要脱去旧人同旧的生活样式，并穿上新人同新的生活样式。利未记十八章三节说，“你们从前住的埃及地，那里的人所作的，你们不可照样作；我要领你们去的迦南地，那里的人所作的，你们也不可照样作，也不可照他们的风俗行。”这里我们看见以色列人要过一种新生活，有别于他们从前曾在其中生活之埃及人的生活样式，也有别于他们要被领进之地那些迦南人的生活样式；他们所要过的，乃是神圣别子民的生活样式。脱去埃及人和迦南人的生活，就是脱去旧人；按着神的圣别过生活，就是穿上新人（利未记生命读经，五〇八至五〇九页）。

　　Eph. 4:22-24 That you put off, as regards your former manner of life, the old man, which is being corrupted according to the lusts of the deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind and put on the new man, which was created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the reality.

　　By reading Ephesians 4:17—5:14, we are helped to understand Leviticus 18—20, and by reading this section in Leviticus we are helped to understand this portion of Ephesians. The more we read Ephesians 4:17—5:14, the more we understand chapters 18 through 20 of Leviticus. In Old Testament terms, God's people were not to live according to the Egyptians, among whom they once lived, nor according to the Canaanites. They were to put off the old man with the old manner of life and to put on the new man with the new manner of life. Leviticus 18:3 says, "You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, in which you dwelt; and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, nor shall you walk in their statutes." Here we see that the Israelites were to live a new life, a life neither in the manner of the Egyptians, among whom they once lived, nor in the manner of the Canaanites, to whose land they were to be brought, but in the manner of God's holy people. To put off the living of the Egyptians and the Canaanites was to put off the old man, and to live a life according to God's holiness was to put on the new man. (Life-study of Leviticus, pp. 437-438)

　　利未记十八至二十章有许多律法的典章和律例（二十22）。律法先是由十诫所组成。十诫乃是律法的基本法则，简短而明确。因着十诫简短，所以需要解释和申述。典章和律例就是十诫的解释和申述。十八至二十章满了解释和申述十诫的律例和典章。整体来说，律法乃是由十诫加上十诫的解释和申述所组成的。
　　典章和律例有重大的差别。典章乃是带着判决的律例。然而，律例、条例若不包括判决，就仅仅是律例。在十八至二十章，有些条例没有告诉我们对违反的人该怎样惩罚，这些乃是律例。另外有些条例包括判决，说明对违反之人的责罚，因此是典章。
　　十八至二十章不是重复十诫，而是解释、申述十诫。例如十诫中有一条是禁止拜偶像，而利未记中关于行巫术的条例，就是这条诫命的申述（十九26、31，二十6）。又如二十章九节是孝敬父母这条诫命的申述。这节说，“凡咒骂父母的，必要被处死；他咒骂了父母，流他血的罪要归到他身上。”在十八至二十章可以找到许多关于律例和典章的例子。
　　以色列人受嘱咐要脱去从前埃及人的行为（十八3上）。这表征信徒该脱去从前旧的生活样式。
　　以色列人也受嘱咐，不可照着他们所要去的迦南地那里人的风俗行（3下）。这表征信徒得救后，不该模成世人生活与行为的样子。
　　以色列人要有神的圣别生活（4~二十27）。这表征穿上新人。照着神的圣别过一种圣别的生活，等于穿上新人（利未记生命读经，五〇九至五一〇页）。
　　参读：利未记生命读经，第四十九篇。

　　In Leviticus 18 through 20 we have many ordinances and statutes of the law (20:22). The law is composed first of the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments, which are the basic elements of the law, are simple, short, and definite. Because the Ten Commandments are brief, they need explanation and extension. The ordinances and statutes are explanations and extensions of the Ten Commandments. Leviticus 18—20 is full of statutes and ordinances, which are explanations and extensions of the Ten Commandments. As a whole, the law is composed of the Ten Commandments plus the explanations and extensions of the Ten Commandments.

　　There is an important difference between an ordinance and a statute. An ordinance is a statute with a judgment. However, a statute, a regulation, that does not include a judgment is simply a statute. In chapters 18 through 20 of Leviticus, there are regulations that are without judgments; these regulations do not tell us how to judge a case. These regulations are statutes. Other regulations include judgments and therefore should be considered ordinances and not merely statutes.

　　In Leviticus 18—20 there is no repetition of the Ten Commandments, but there is the explanation and extension of the Ten Commandments. For example, one of the Ten Commandments forbids the worship of idols, and in the regulations concerning witchcraft there is an extension of this commandment (19:26, 31; 20:6). Another example is the extension in 20:9 of the commandment to honor our parents. This verse says, "If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him." Many other examples of statutes and ordinances can be found in these chapters.

　　The sons of Israel were charged to put off the former Egyptian conduct (18:3a).

　　This signifies that the believers should put off the former, old way of living.

　　The Israelites were also charged not to walk in the customs of the Canaanites, into whose land they would come (18:3b). This signifies that, after being saved, the believers should not be conformed to the living and conduct of the worldly people.

　　The sons of Israel were to have God's holy living (18:4—20:27). This signifies putting on the new man. Living a holy life according to God's holiness is equal to putting on the new man. (Life-study of Leviticus, pp. 438-439)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Leviticus, msg. 49