1. Leviticus 19:3 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is significant about the ordering of these regulations?

Leviticus 19:3 (ESV)

3 Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

It is noteworthy that the command to honour one’s parents precedes the command to honour the Sabbath. In the Ten Commandments, the order is the other way around. Currid suggests that this ordering reflects the idea that holiness begins in the home.1