Abstract
This article is a reflection upon the said Lord's statement, its role in the Jewish Torah reading in the synagogue, and also its position in the Third Book of Moses. The article also examines the text structure, the manner how Hebrew indicative tenses have been translated, specific aspects of the Hebrew text (social accent, text interdependencies, duplicate phrases, formulations, and its relation to the Decalogue).
Furthermore, the role of the first two introductory sentences (the hermeneutical key and the heading) in the Lord's statement is explored and the perspective of the Lord's statement (i.e., its emphasis on the holiness and self-presentation of the Lord) is presented. This is what determines the professor's actions described in the Lord's statement.
In other words: The Lord's statement formulates attributes of holiness (holy conduct). The purpose of the Lord's statement is to confront the audience with the conduct (religious, social) expected of the Lord's people.