Leviticus 18:5

Leviticus 18:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.

Context of Leviticus 18:5

3After 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 statutes. 4Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah. 6None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Jehovah. 7The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

Leviticus 18:5 word by word

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם אֶת־חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָ֛ם הָאָדָ֖ם וָחַ֣י בָּהֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• statutesחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• ordinancesמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120

Cross-references for Leviticus 18:5

• Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my statutes, and showed them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.
• Luke 10:28And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
• Romans 10:5For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.
• Galatians 3:12and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.
• Exodus 6:2And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am Jehovah:
• Malachi 3:6For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Commentaries on Leviticus 18:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5If 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5judgments … statutes: The Bible anticipated that courts would interpret God's laws for different situations. These interpretations became case laws, known as mishpatim in Hebrew (see “statutes” in Leviticus 10:11). Paul refers to these verses in Romans 10:5 and Galatians 3:12, where he contrasts living "based on faith” or “by the law.”Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them--A special blessing was promised to the Israelites on condition of their obedience to the divine law; and this promise was remarkably verified at particular eras of their history, when pure and undefiled religion prevailed among them, in the public prosperity and domestic happiness enjoyed by them as a people. Obedience to the divine law always, indeed…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Leviticus 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings