Leviticus 18:26

Legacy Standard Bible

But as for you, you shall keep My statutes and My judgments and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native nor the sojourner who sojourns among you

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who sojourns among you;

King James Version
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

Lexham English Bible
But you (neither the native nor the alien who is dwelling in your midst) shall keep my statutes and my regulations, and you shall not practice any of these detestable things

New Century Version
"‘You must obey my laws and rules, and you must not do any of these hateful sins. These rules are for the citizens of Israel and for the people who live with you.

New English Translation
You yourselves must obey my statutes and my regulations and must not do any of these abominations, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner in your midst,

Amplified Bible
'But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments (precepts) and shall not commit any of these repulsive acts, neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives temporarily among you

New American Standard Bible
'But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments, and you shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the stranger who resides among you

Geneva Bible (1587)
Ye shall keepe therefore mine ordinances, and my iudgementes, and commit none of these abominations, aswell hee that is of the same countrey, as the straunger that soiourneth among you.

Contemporary English Version
Now don't do these sickening things that make the land filthy. Instead, obey my laws and teachings.

Complete Jewish Bible
But you are to keep my laws and rulings and not engage in any of these disgusting practices, neither the citizen nor the foreigner living with you;

Darby Translation
But *ye* shall observe my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of all these abominations: the home-born, and the stranger that sojourneth among you;

Easy-to-Read Version
"So you must obey my laws and rules. You must not do any of these terrible sins. These rules are for the citizens of Israel and the people living among you.

English Standard Version
But you shall keep my statutes and my rules and do none of these abominations, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you

George Lamsa Translation
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither you nor any proselytes who sojourn among you

Good News Translation
They did all these disgusting things and made the land unclean, but you must not do them. All of you, whether Israelites or foreigners living with you, must keep the Lord 's laws and commands,

Christian Standard Bible®
But you are to keep my statutes and ordinances. You must not commit any of these detestable acts—not the native or the alien who resides among you.

Literal Translation
and you, you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not do any of all these disgusting acts; neither the native nor the alien who is staying in your midst.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore kepe ye my statutes and lawes, and do not one of these abhominacions, nether one of youre awne selues ner the straunger amonge you

American Standard Version
Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you

Bible in Basic English
So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye shall kepe therfore mine ordinaunces and my iudgementes, and commit none of these abhominations, neither any of your owne nation, nor any strauger that soiourneth among you:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Ye therefore shall keep My statutes and Mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you--

King James Version (1611)
Ye shall therefore keepe my Statutes and my Iudgements, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your owne nation, nor any stranger that soiourneth among you:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and ye shall do none of these abominations; neither the native, nor the stranger that joins himself with you:

English Revised Version
Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the homeborn, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you:

Berean Standard Bible
But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations-neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Kepe ye my lawful thingis and domes, that ye do not of alle these abhomynaciouns, as wel a man borun in the lond as a comelyng which is a pilgrym at you.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye -- ye have kept My statutes and My judgments, and do not [any] of all these abominations, the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst,

Update Bible Version
You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these disgusting things; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourns among you;

Webster's Bible Translation
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit [any] of these abominations; [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you.

World English Bible
You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger who sojourns among you;

New King James Version
You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations, either any of your own nation or any stranger who dwells among you

New Living Translation
You must obey all my decrees and regulations. You must not commit any of these detestable sins. This applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you.

New Life Bible
But as for you, you are to keep My Laws and do what I have decided. Do not do any of these sinful things, not you or the man who lives among you from another land.

New Revised Standard
But you shall keep my statutes and my ordinances and commit none of these abominations, either the citizen or the alien who resides among you

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Ye, therefore, shall observe my statutes and my regulations, and have nothing to do with any of these abominations, - whether the home-born, or the sojourner that sojourneth in your midst;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Keep ye my ordinances and my judgments: and do not any of these abominations. Neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you.

Revised Standard Version
But you shall keep my statutes and my ordinances and do none of these abominations, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the alien who sojourns among you

Contextual Overview

¹⁹‘Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her menstrual impurity. ²⁰And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor's wife, to be defiled with her. ²¹And you shall not give any of your seed to pass them over to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh. ²²And you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. ²³Also you shall not lie with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion. ²⁴‘So do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled. ²⁵So the land has become defiled, and I have brought its punishment upon it. And the land has vomited out its inhabitants. ²⁶But as for you, you shall keep My statutes and My judgments and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native nor the sojourner who sojourns among you ²⁷(for the men of the land who have been before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled); ²⁸so that the land will not vomit you out, should you defile it, as it has vomited out the nation which has been before you.

Bible Verse Review
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keep: Leviticus 18:5, Leviticus 18:30, Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 4:40, Deuteronomy 12:32, Psalms 105:44, Psalms 105:45, Luke 8:15, Luke 11:28, John 14:15, John 14:21-23, John 15:14

nor any stranger: Leviticus 17:8, Leviticus 17:10

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:1 - the judgments Exodus 23:24 - do after Leviticus 18:4 - General Leviticus 20:22 - statutes Deuteronomy 12:31 - Thou Deuteronomy 18:9 - General Ezekiel 18:12 - hath committed Ezekiel 18:17 - that hath not Ezekiel 33:26 - work

Cross-References

Isaiah 6:13
Yet there will be a tenth portion in it,And it will again be subject to burning,Like a terebinth or like an oakWhose stump remains when it is felled.The holy seed is its stump."

Isaiah 10:22
For though your people, O Israel, may be like the sand of the sea,Only a remnant within them will return;A destructive end is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

Isaiah 19:24
In that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,

Isaiah 65:8
Thus says Yahweh,"As the new wine is found in the cluster,And one says, ‘Do not make it a ruin, for there is benefit in it,'So I will act on behalf of My slavesIn order not to make all of them a ruin.

Jeremiah 5:1
"Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,And see now and know,And seek in her open squares,If you can find a man,If there is one who does justice, who seeks faithfulness,Then I will pardon her.

Ezekiel 22:30
And I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the breach before Me for the land, so that I would not bring it to ruin; but I found no one.

Matthew 24:22
And unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments,.... Before observed to them, whether of a ceremonial nature, and enjoined them according to his sovereign will and pleasure; or of a moral nature, and founded in justice and equity, and so worthy of their regard, and obligatory upon them; as well as in their own nature they recommended themselves to their regard, as being the reverse of those loathsome and abominable things before dehorted from:

and shall not commit [any] of these abominations; such as incest, adultery, idolatry, and bestiality, which are in themselves abominable things, execrable to God, and to be detested by men:

[neither] any of your own nation; that belonged to any of their own tribes, or should be born to them in the land of Canaan when they came thither, and were properly natives of it:

nor any stranger that sojourneth among you; any proselyte, and especially a proselyte of righteousness, who conformed to the Jewish religion, and had laid himself under obligation to do everything that was binding upon an Israelite.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The land designed and consecrated for His people by Yahweh Leviticus 25:23 is here impersonated, and represented as vomiting forth its present inhabitants, in consequence of their indulgence in the abominations that have been mentioned. The iniquity of the Canaanites was now full. See Genesis 15:16; compare Isaiah 24:1-6. The Israelites in this place, and throughout the chapter, are exhorted to a pure and holy life, on the ground that Yahweh, the Holy One, is their God and that they are His people. Compare Leviticus 19:2. It is upon this high sanction that they are peremptorily forbidden to defile themselves with the pollutions of the pagan. The only punishment here pronounced upon individual transgressors is, that they shall “bear their iniquity” and be “cut off from among their people.” We must understand this latter phrase as expressing an “ipso facto” excommunication or outlawry, the divine Law pronouncing on the offender an immediate forfeiture of the privileges which belonged to him as one of the people in covenant with Yahweh. See Exodus 31:14 note. The course which the Law here takes seems to be first to appeal to the conscience of the individual man on the ground of his relation to Yahweh, and then Leviticus 20:0 to enact such penalties as the order of the state required, and as represented the collective conscience of the nation put into operation.