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Leviticus 22:31

So then, keep my orders and do them: I am the Lord.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Obedience;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Consecrate;   Ten Commandments;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Pentateuch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Sanctification, Sanctify;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore shall you keep my mitzvot, and do them: I am the LORD.
King James Version
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
"Thus you shall keep my commands, and you shall do them; I am Yahweh.
New Century Version
"Remember my commands and obey them; I am the Lord .
New English Translation
"You must be sure to do my commandments. I am the Lord .
Amplified Bible
"So you shall keep My commandments and do them; I am the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
"So you shall keep My commandments, and do them; I am the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore shall ye keepe my commandements and do them: for I am the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
So you shall keep My commandments and do them; I am Yahweh.
Contemporary English Version
Obey my laws and teachings—I am the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
"You are to keep my mitzvot and obey them; I am Adonai .
Darby Translation
And ye shall observe my commandments and do them: I am Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Remember my commands, and obey them. I am the Lord .
English Standard Version
"So you shall keep my commandments and do them: I am the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore you shall keep my commandments and do them; I am the LORD.
Good News Translation
The Lord said, "Obey my commands; I am the Lord .
Christian Standard Bible®
“You are to keep my commands and do them; I am the Lord.
Literal Translation
And you shall keep My commandments and shall do them; I am Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore kepe now my commaundementes, and do them: for I am the LORDE,
American Standard Version
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am Jehovah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore shall ye kepe my comaundementes and do them: I am the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And ye shall keep My commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
Therefore shall ye keepe my Commandements, and doe them: I am the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall keep my commandments and do them.
English Revised Version
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Kepe ye myn heestis, and do ye tho; Y am the Lord.
Young's Literal Translation
and ye have kept my commands, and have done them; I [am] Jehovah;
Update Bible Version
Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them: I am Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I [am] the LORD.
World English Bible
Therefore shall you keep my commandments, and do them: I am Yahweh.
New King James Version
"Therefore you shall keep My commandments, and perform them: I am the LORD.
New Living Translation
"You must faithfully keep all my commands by putting them into practice, for I am the Lord .
New Life Bible
"So keep My Laws and obey them. I am the Lord.
New Revised Standard
Thus you shall keep my commandments and observe them: I am the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then ye shall observe my commandments, and do them, - I, am Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Keep my commandments, and do them. I am the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
"So you shall keep my commandments and do them: I am the LORD.
THE MESSAGE
"Do what I tell you; live what I tell you. I am God .
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So you shall keep My commandments, and do them; I am the LORD.

Contextual Overview

17 And the Lord said to Moses, 18 Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or of another nation living in Israel, makes an offering, given because of an oath or freely given to the Lord for a burned offering; 19 So that it may be pleasing to the Lord, let him give a male, without any mark, from among the oxen or the sheep or the goats. 20 But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not make you pleasing to the Lord. 21 And whoever makes a peace-offering to the Lord, in payment of an oath or as a free offering, from the herd or the flock, if it is to be pleasing to the Lord, let it be free from any mark or damage. 22 Anything blind or broken or damaged or having any disease or any mark on it may not be offered to the Lord; you may not make an offering of it by fire on the altar to the Lord. 23 An ox or a lamb which has more or less than its natural parts, may be given as a free offering; but it will not be taken in payment of an oath. 24 An animal which has its sex parts damaged or crushed or broken or cut, may not be offered to the Lord; such a thing may not be done anywhere in your land. 25 And from one who is not an Israelite you may not take any of these for an offering to the Lord; for they are unclean, there is a mark on them, and the Lord will not be pleased with them. 26 And the Lord said to Moses,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 18:4, Leviticus 18:5, Leviticus 19:37, Numbers 15:40, Deuteronomy 4:40, 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 1 Thessalonians 4:2

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:1 - unto the statutes

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them,.... Both priests and people, even all the commandments delivered at this time, as well as all others; these they were to observe and take notice of, and keep them in memory, and put them in practice:

I [am] the Lord; :-.


 
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