Who brought you out of the land of Egypt: this relative clause, like the last part of the previous verse, is made into an independent sentence in Good News Translation. Compare 19.36.

To be your God: or “so that I may be your God,” or “in order that I may become your God.” See 11.45.

I am the LORD: see 18.2.

Quoted with permission from Péter-Contesse, René and Ellington, John. A Handbook on Leviticus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1990. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .