Christian Standard Bible
Leviticus 18:4
4You are to practice my ordinances and you are to keep my statutes by following them; I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 18:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.
- New International Version (NIV)You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the Lord your God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the Lord your God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the Lord your God.
Context of Leviticus 18:4
2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the Lord your God. 3Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow their customs. You are to practice my ordinances and you are to keep my statutes by following them; I am the Lord your God. 5Keep my statutes and ordinances; a person will live if he does them. I am the Lord. 6“You are not to come near any close relative for sexual intercourse; I am the Lord.
Read all of Leviticus 18Leviticus 18:4 word by word
אֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֧י תַּעֲשׂ֛וּ וְאֶת־חֻקֹּתַ֥י תִּשְׁמְר֖וּ לָלֶ֣כֶת בָּהֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 18:4
- Leviticus 18:26But 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.
- Leviticus 19:37Keep all my statutes and all my ordinances and do them; I am the Lord.”
- Leviticus 20:22“You are to keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
- Deuteronomy 4:1“Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live, enter, and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 6:1“This is the command — the statutes and ordinances — the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may follow them in the land you are about to enter and possess.
- Psalms 105:45All this happened so that they might keep his statutes and obey his instructions. Hallelujah!
- Psalms 119:4You have commanded that your precepts be diligently kept.
- Ezekiel 20:19I am the Lord your God. Follow my statutes, keep my ordinances, and practice them.
- Ezekiel 36:27I will place my Spirit within you and cause you to follow my statutes and carefully observe my ordinances.
- Ezekiel 37:24My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my ordinances, and keep my statutes and obey them.
- Luke 1:6Both were righteous in God’s sight, living without blame according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.
- John 15:14You are my friends if you do what I command you.
Commentaries on Leviticus 18:4
- 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. 1-302-4. I am the Lord your God--This renewed mention of the divine sovereignty over the Israelites was intended to bear particularly on some laws that were widely different from the social customs that obtained both in Egypt and Canaan; for the enormities, which the laws enumerated in this chapter were intended to put down, were freely practised or publicly sanctioned in both of those countries; and, indeed, the extermination of the ancient Canaanites is…Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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
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