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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Leviticus 18:4

You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- The Topic Concordance - Life;   Obedience;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Affinity;   Marriage;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Alliance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - History;   Incest;   Leviticus;   Pentateuch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Marriage;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alliance;   Law in the Old Testament;   Leviticus;   Ordinance;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Alliances;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ceremonies and the Ceremonial Law;   Chastity;   Life;   Midrash Haggadah;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am the LORD your God.
King James Version
Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.
Lexham English Bible
You must carry out my regulations, and you must observe my statutes by following them; I am Yahweh your God.
New Century Version
You must obey my rules and follow them. I am the Lord your God.
New English Translation
You must observe my regulations and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. I am the Lord your God.
Amplified Bible
'You are to follow My judgments (precepts, ordinances) and keep My statutes and live by them. I am the LORD your God.
New American Standard Bible
'You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But do after my iudgementes, and keepe mine ordinances, to walke therein: I am the Lord your God.
Legacy Standard Bible
You are to do My judgments and keep My statutes, to walk in them; I am Yahweh your God.
Contemporary English Version
I am the Lord your God, and you must obey my teachings.
Complete Jewish Bible
You are to obey my rulings and laws and live accordingly; I am Adonai your God.
Darby Translation
Mine ordinances shall ye do and my statutes shall ye observe to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.
Easy-to-Read Version
You must obey my rules and follow my laws. Be sure to follow my rules because I am the Lord your God.
English Standard Version
You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the Lord your God.
George Lamsa Translation
But you shall do my judgments and keep my commandments and walk in them; I am the LORD your God.
Good News Translation
Obey my laws and do what I command. I am the Lord your God.
Christian Standard Bible®
You are to practice my ordinances and you are to keep my statutes by following them; I am the Lord your God.
Literal Translation
You shall do My judgments and you shall keep My statutes, to walk in them; I am Jehovah your God,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but after my lawes shall ye do, & my statutes shall ye kepe, that ye maye walke therin: for I am the LORDE youre God.
American Standard Version
Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.
Bible in Basic English
But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But do after my iudgementes, and kepe mine ordinaunces, to walke therin: I am the Lorde your God.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Mine ordinances shall ye do, and My statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
King James Version (1611)
Ye shall doe my iudgements, and keepe mine ordinances, to walke therein: I am the Lord your God.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Ye shall observe my judgments, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I am the Lord your God.
English Revised Version
My judgments shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ye schulen do my domes, and ye schulen kepe myn heestis, and ye schulen go in tho; Y am youre Lord God.
Young's Literal Translation
`My judgments ye do, and My statutes ye keep, to walk in them; I [am] Jehovah your God;
Update Bible Version
My ordinances you shall do, and my statutes you shall keep, to walk therein: I am Yahweh your God.
Webster's Bible Translation
Ye shall perform my judgments, and keep my ordinances, to walk in them; I [am] the LORD your God.
World English Bible
My ordinances shall you do, and my statutes shall you keep, to walk therein: I am Yahweh your God.
New King James Version
You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the LORD your God.
New Living Translation
You must obey all my regulations and be careful to obey my decrees, for I am the Lord your God.
New Life Bible
You are to do what I say and keep My Laws and live by them. I am the Lord your God.
New Revised Standard
My ordinances you shall observe and my statutes you shall keep, following them: I am the Lord your God.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
My regulations, shall ye do, And, my statutes, shall ye observe to walk therein, - I - Yahweh, am your God.
Douay-Rheims Bible
You shall do my judgments, and shall observe my precepts, and shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God.
Revised Standard Version
You shall do my ordinances and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God.

Contextual Overview

1Then the LORD said to Moses, 2"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'I am the LORD your God. 3You shall not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, or the practices of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs. 4You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 18:26, Leviticus 19:37, Leviticus 20:22, Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 6:1, Psalms 105:45, Psalms 119:4, Ezekiel 20:19, Ezekiel 36:27, Ezekiel 37:24, Luke 1:6, John 15:14

Reciprocal: Leviticus 18:30 - I am Leviticus 20:8 - And ye Leviticus 22:31 - General Leviticus 26:3 - General Ezekiel 18:17 - that hath not Hebrews 9:1 - had

Cross-References

Genesis 18:5
And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant's way. After that, you may continue on your way." "Yes," they replied, "you may do as you have said."
Genesis 18:15
But Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh." For she was afraid. "No," replied the LORD, "but you did laugh."
Genesis 19:2
and said, "My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way." "No," they answered, "we will spend the night in the square."
Genesis 24:32
So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
Genesis 43:24
And the steward took the men into Joseph's house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their donkeys.
1 Samuel 25:41
She arose, then bowed facedown and said, "Here is your maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord's servants."
Luke 7:44
And turning to the woman, He said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give Me water for My feet, but she wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
1 Timothy 5:10
and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye shall do my judgments,.... Which are just and right, and according to the rules of justice and equity; these are things, as Jarchi observes, which are said in the law with judgment, or are laws framed with the highest reason, even by the judgment of God himself, whose judgment is always according to truth: Aben Ezra thinks, these are the judicial laws in Exodus 21:1; but though they may include them, they have more particular respect to the following laws:

and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: which he had ordained and appointed of his own will and pleasure, which Jarchi calls the decree of the king, or which he decreed and determined as a king, having absolute power over his subjects to enact and enjoin what he pleased; wherefore some think these refer to ceremonial laws, which depended upon the will of the lawgiver, and were not founded in any natural sense or reason, wherefore it follows:

I [am] the Lord your God: who had a right to make what laws he pleased, being their Sovereign, and which they in gratitude as well as in justice ought to obey, he being their God, their covenant God, who had done great and good things for them.


 
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