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Complete Jewish Bible

Leviticus 19:37

Observe all my regulations and rulings, and do them; I am Adonai .'"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commerce;   Obedience;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Commerce;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   Leviticus;   Pentateuch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Commerce;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Observe;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them: I am the LORD.
King James Version
Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
"‘Thus you shall keep all my statutes and all my regulations, and you shall do them; I am Yahweh.'"
New Century Version
"‘Remember all my laws and rules, and obey them. I am the Lord .'"
New English Translation
You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the Lord .'"
Amplified Bible
'You shall observe and keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them. I am the LORD.'"
New American Standard Bible
'So you shall keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them; I am the LORD.'"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore shall ye obserue all mine ordinances, and all my iudgements, and doe them: I am the Lorde.
Legacy Standard Bible
You shall thus keep all My statutes and all My judgments and do them; I am Yahweh.'"
Contemporary English Version
and I command you to obey my laws.
Darby Translation
And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
"You must remember all my laws and rules. And you must obey them. I am the Lord ."
English Standard Version
And you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the Lord ."
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore you shall keep all my commandments and all my judgments, and do them; I am the LORD.
Good News Translation
Obey all my laws and commands. I am the Lord ."
Christian Standard Bible®
Keep all my statutes and all my ordinances and do them; I am the Lord.”
Literal Translation
and you shall observe all My statutes, and all My judgments and shall do them; I am Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
that ye shulde kepe & do all my statutes and lawes: for I am the LORDE.
American Standard Version
And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore shall ye obserue all my ordinaunces, and al my iudgementes, and do them: I am the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And ye shall observe all My statutes, and all Mine ordinances, and do them: I am the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
Therefore shall ye obserue all my Statutes, and all my Iudgements, and doe them: I am the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall keep all my law and all my ordinances, and ye shall do them: I am the Lord your God.
English Revised Version
And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.'"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Kepe ye alle myn heestis, and alle domes, and do ye tho; Y am the Lord.
Young's Literal Translation
and ye have observed all my statutes, and all my judgments, and have done them; I [am] Jehovah.'
Update Bible Version
And you shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them: I am Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I [am] the LORD.
World English Bible
You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them: I am Yahweh.
New King James Version
"Therefore you shall observe all My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them: I am the LORD."'
New Living Translation
"You must be careful to keep all of my decrees and regulations by putting them into practice. I am the Lord ."
New Life Bible
Keep all My Laws and do all that I tell you. I am the Lord.'"
New Revised Standard
You shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and observe them: I am the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes and all my regulations and do them, - I, am Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Keep all my precepts, and all my judgments: and do them. I am the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
And you shall observe all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them: I am the LORD."
THE MESSAGE
"Keep all my decrees and all my laws. Yes, do them. I am God ."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You shall thus observe all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them; I am the LORD.'"

Contextual Overview

30 "‘Keep my Shabbats, and revere my sanctuary; I am Adonai . 31 "‘Do not turn to spirit-mediums or sorcerers; don't seek them out, to be defiled by them; I am Adonai your God. 32 "‘Stand up in the presence of a person with gray hair, show respect for the old; you are to fear your God; I am Adonai . 33 (RY: vi, LY: iv) "‘If a foreigner stays with you in your land, do not do him wrong. 34 Rather, treat the foreigner staying with you like the native-born among you — you are to love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt; I am Adonai your God. 35 "‘Don't be dishonest when measuring length, weight or capacity. 36 Rather, use an honest balance-scale, honest weights, an honest bushel dry-measure and an honest gallon liquid-measure; I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 Observe all my regulations and rulings, and do them; I am Adonai .'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 18:4, Leviticus 18:5, Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 4:5, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 5:1, Deuteronomy 6:1, Deuteronomy 6:2, Deuteronomy 8:1, Psalms 119:4, Psalms 119:34, 1 John 3:22, 1 John 3:23

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:1 - the judgments Leviticus 20:8 - And ye Leviticus 20:22 - statutes Leviticus 22:31 - General Leviticus 25:18 - Wherefore Deuteronomy 12:28 - General 2 Kings 17:37 - the statutes

Cross-References

Genesis 19:1
(iii) The two angels came to S'dom that evening, when Lot was sitting at the gate of S'dom. Lot saw them, got up to greet them and prostrated himself on the ground.
Genesis 19:18
Lot said to them, "Please, no, my lord!
Genesis 19:25
He overthrew those cities, the entire plain, all the inhabitants of the cities and everything growing in the ground.
Genesis 19:27
Avraham got up early in the morning, went to the place where he had stood before Adonai ,
Genesis 19:31
The firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there isn't a man on earth to come in to us in the manner customary in the world.
Numbers 21:29
"Woe to you, Mo'av! You are destroyed, people of K'mosh! He let his sons be fugitives and his daughters captives of Sichon, king of the Emori.
Deuteronomy 2:9
Adonai said to me, ‘Don't be hostile toward Mo'av or fight with them, because I will not give you any of their land to possess, since I have already given ‘Ar to the descendants of Lot as their territory.'"
Deuteronomy 2:19
When you approach the descendants of ‘Amon, don't bother them or fight with them, for I will not give you any of the territory of the people of ‘Amon to possess, since I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their territory.'"
Deuteronomy 23:3
"A mamzer may not enter the assembly of Adonai , nor may his descendants down to the tenth generation enter the assembly of Adonai .
Ruth 4:10
Also I am acquiring as my wife Rut the woman from Mo'av, the wife of Machlon, in order to raise up in the name of the deceased an heir for his property; so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his kinsmen and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments,.... Delivered in this and the preceding chapters, and elsewhere, whether ceremonial or judicial, or moral, as there were of each, which had been delivered to them; and which are all comprehended in these two words, "statutes", or ordinances, which were the determinations of his sovereign will, and of mere positive institution; and "judgments", which were such laws as respected their civil or religious conduct, formed according to the rules of justice and equity: "all" and everyone of which were to be "observed", taken notice of, and regarded, in order to be put in practice, as follows:

and do them; act according to them, in civil, moral, and religious life:

I [am] the Lord; who enjoined all these things, and had a right to do so, and expected obedience to them, which it was right fit that they should give.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 19:37. Shall ye observe all my statutes — חקתי chukkothi, from חק chak, to describe, mark, or trace out; the righteousness which I have described, and the path of duty which I have traced out. Judgments, משפטי mishpatai, from shaphat, to discern, determine, direct, c. that which Divine Wisdom has discerned to be best for man, has determined shall promote his best interest, and has directed him conscientiously to use. Leviticus 26:15.

1. MANY difficulties occur in this very important chapter, but they are such only to us; for there can be no doubt of their having been perfectly well known to the Israelites, to whom the precepts contained in this chapter were given. Considerable pains however have been taken to make them plain, and no serious mind can read them without profit.

2. The precepts against injustice, fraud, slander, enmity, c., c., are well worth the notice of every Christian and those against superstitious usages are not less so and by these last we learn, that having recourse to astrologers, fortune-tellers, &c., to get intelligence of lost or stolen goods, or to know the future events of our own lives, or those of others, is highly criminal in the sight of God. Those who have recourse to such persons renounce their baptism, and in effect renounce the providence as well as the word of God.

3. The precepts of humanity and mercy relative to the poor, the hireling, and the stranger, are worthy of our most serious regard. Nor are those which concern weights and measures, traffic, and the whole system of commutative justice, less necessary to be observed for the benefit and comfort of the individual, and the safety and prosperity of the state.


 
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