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New Century Version

Leviticus 18:5

Obey my laws and rules; a person who obeys them will live because of them. I am the Lord .

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Quotations and Allusions;   The Topic Concordance - Life;   Obedience;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Justification before God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Affinity;   Marriage;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Law;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Forgiveness;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Law;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   History;   Leviticus;   Life;   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;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Law;   Quotations;   Righteousness;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Death;   Leviticus;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Accommodation of the Law;   Arabic-Jewish Philosophy, General View of;   Ceremonies and the Ceremonial Law;   Chastity;   Chosen People;   Ethics;   Gentile;   Grammar, Hebrew;   Health Laws;   Judaism;   Meïr;   Midrash Haggadah;   Theology;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
King James Version
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
And you shall observe my statutes and my regulations by which the person doing them shall live; I am Yahweh.
New English Translation
So you must keep my statutes and my regulations; anyone who does so will live by keeping them. I am the Lord .
Amplified Bible
'So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which, if a person keeps them, he shall live; I am the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
'So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, which, if a person follows them, then he will live by them; I am the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Ye shall keepe therefore my statutes, & my iudgementes, which if a man doe, he shall then liue in them: I am the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does them, he shall live by them; I am Yahweh.
Contemporary English Version
Obey them and you will live. I am the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
You are to observe my laws and rulings; if a person does them, he will have life through them; I am Adonai .
Darby Translation
And ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
You must obey my rules and my laws, because whoever obeys them will live. I am the Lord .
English Standard Version
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
You shall therefore keep my commandments and my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them; I am the LORD.
Good News Translation
Follow the practices and the laws that I give you; you will save your life by doing so. I am the Lord ."
Christian Standard Bible®
Keep my statutes and ordinances; a person will live if he does them. I am the Lord.
Literal Translation
and you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them. I am Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore shal ye kepe my statutes and my lawes. For the man that doth the same, shal liue therin, for I am the LORDE.
American Standard Version
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye shall kepe therfore mine ordinaunces, and my iudgementes: which if a man do he shall lyue in them: I am the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Ye shall therefore keep My statutes, and Mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them: I am the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
Yee shall therefore keepe my statutes, and my iudgements: which if a man doe, hee shall liue in them: I am the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So ye shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments, and do them; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord your God.
English Revised Version
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Kepe ye my lawis and domes, whiche a man `schal do, and schal lyue in tho; Y am youre Lord God.
Young's Literal Translation
and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them; I [am] Jehovah.
Update Bible Version
You shall therefore keep my statutes, and my ordinances; which if man does, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments: which if a man doeth, he shall live in them: I [am] the LORD.
World English Bible
You shall therefore keep my statutes, and my ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh.
New King James Version
You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the LORD.
New Living Translation
If you obey my decrees and my regulations, you will find life through them. I am the Lord .
New Life Bible
So keep My Laws and do what I say. If a man obeys them, My Laws will be life for him. I am the Lord.
New Revised Standard
You shall keep my statutes and my ordinances; by doing so one shall live: I am the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore shall ye observe my statutes, and my regulations, Which if the son of earth shall do them, Then shall he live in them, - I, am Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Keep my laws and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them, I am the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, by doing which a man shall live: I am the LORD.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which a man may live if he does them; I am the LORD.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 "Tell the people of Israel: ‘I am the Lord your God. 3 In the past you lived in Egypt, but you must not do what was done in that country. And you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their customs. 4 You must obey my rules and follow them. I am the Lord your God. 5 Obey my laws and rules; a person who obeys them will live because of them. I am the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

which if a man do: Ezekiel 20:11, Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:21, Luke 10:28, Romans 10:5, Galatians 3:12

I am the Lord: Exodus 6:2, Exodus 6:6, Exodus 6:29, Malachi 3:6

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:1 - the judgments Leviticus 18:26 - keep Leviticus 19:37 - General Leviticus 20:8 - And ye Leviticus 20:22 - statutes Leviticus 22:31 - General Leviticus 26:3 - General Deuteronomy 4:1 - that ye may Deuteronomy 6:25 - General Deuteronomy 32:47 - General Nehemiah 9:29 - which Proverbs 7:2 - Keep Ezekiel 33:15 - walk Matthew 19:17 - but Romans 7:10 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 19:8
Look! I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. I will give them to you, and you may do anything you want with them. But please don't do anything to these men. They have come to my house, and I must protect them."
Genesis 33:10
Jacob said, "No! Please! If I have pleased you, then accept the gift I give you. I am very happy to see your face again. It is like seeing the face of God, because you have accepted me.
Judges 6:18
Please wait here until I come back to you. Let me bring my offering and set it in front of you." And the Lord said, "I will wait until you return."
Judges 13:15
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "We would like you to stay awhile so we can cook a young goat for you."
Judges 19:5
On the fourth day they got up early in the morning. The Levite was getting ready to leave, but the woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Refresh yourself by eating something. Then go."
Psalms 104:15
You give us wine that makes happy hearts and olive oil that makes our faces shine. You give us bread that gives us strength.
Isaiah 3:1
Understand this: The Lord God All-Powerful will take away everything Judah and Jerusalem need— all the food and water,
Matthew 6:11
Give us the food we need for each day.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments,.... The same as before; these they were to keep in their minds and memories, and to observe them and do them:

which if a man do he shall live in them; live a long life in the land of Canaan, in great happiness and prosperity, see Deuteronomy 30:20; for as for eternal life, that was never intended to be had, nor was it possible it could be had and enjoyed by obedience to the law, which fallen man is unable to keep; but is what was graciously promised and provided the covenant of grace, before the world was, to come through Christ, as a free gift to all that believe in him, see Galatians 3:11; though some Jewish writers interpret this of eternal life, as Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Ben Gersom:

I [am] the Lord; that has enjoined these statutes and judgments, and promised life to the doers of them, able and faithful to perform what is promised.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If a man keeps the “statutes” (i. e. the ordinances of Leviticus 18:4) and “judgments” of the divine law, he shall not be “cut off from his people” (compare Leviticus 18:29), he shall gain true life, the life which connects him with Yahweh through his obedience. See the margin reference and Luke 10:28; Romans 10:5; Galatians 3:12.


 
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