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Wednesday, August 20th, 2025
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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New Life Version

Leviticus 22:31

"So keep My Laws and obey 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.
Bible in Basic English
So then, keep my orders and do them: I am the Lord.
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 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 Then the Lord said to Moses, 18 "Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel, ‘When any man of the house of Israel or of the strangers in Israel gives his gift for a burnt gift to the Lord, to pay a promise or as a free-will gift 19 to please the Lord, it must be a male that is perfect from the cattle, sheep or goats. 20 Do not give anything that is not perfect, for you will not please the Lord. 21 When a man gives a peace gift to the Lord to keep a special promise or for a free-will gift from the cattle or the flock, it must be perfect to be received. It must have nothing wrong with it. 22 You must not give to the Lord or make a gift by fire on the altar to the Lord any animals that are blind or broken or hurt or have a flowing sore or a skin disease. 23 You may give for a free-will gift a bull or lamb which has some part too long or too short. But it will not be received if it is to pay a promise. 24 Do not give to the Lord any animal with its sex parts hurt or crushed or torn or cut. Do not give such animals on the altar in your land. 25 And do not receive such animals from a man from another land to give as the food of your God. For they are unclean. They are not perfect. They will not be received from you.'" 26 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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