KJV King James Version
Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I [am] the LORD your God.
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Leviticus 18:4
Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I [am] the LORD your God.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.
WEB World English Bible
You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am Yahweh your God.
ASV American Standard Version
Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
My judgments ye do, and My statutes ye keep, to walk in them; I am Jehovah your God;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 18
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I [am] the LORD your God.
5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the LORD.
6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover [their] nakedness: I [am] the LORD.
7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she [is] thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִשְׁפָּטַ֧יH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementתַּעֲשׂ֛וּH6213 · a.sahto make: doוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]חֻקֹּתַ֥יH2708 · chuq.qahstatuteתִּשְׁמְר֖וּH8104 · sha.marto keep: obeyלָלֶ֣כֶתH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבָּהֶ֑םH9038 · hemthemאֲנִ֖יH589 · a.niIיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃H430 · e.lo.himGod
Cross-references
Leviticus 18:2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.Psalm 119:4Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently.John 15:14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.Leviticus 20:22Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.Ezekiel 20:19I [am] the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;Leviticus 18:26Ye 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:Leviticus 19:37Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I [am] the LORD.Ezekiel 36:27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do [them].Deuteronomy 6:1Now these [are] the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do [them] in the land whither ye go to possess it:Psalm 105:45That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.Ezekiel 37:24And David my servant [shall be] king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.Deuteronomy 4:1-2Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do [them], that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
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