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Leviticus 19:3
3“Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep my Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Context of Leviticus 19:3
1The Lord spoke to Moses: 2“Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy. “Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep my Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God. 4Do not turn to worthless idols or make cast images of gods for yourselves; I am the Lord your God. 5“When you offer a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord, sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
Read all of Leviticus 19Leviticus 19:3 word by word
אִ֣ישׁ אִמּ֤וֹ וְאָבִיו֙ תִּירָ֔אוּ וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 19:3
- Exodus 20:12Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
- Exodus 21:15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 21:18“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother and doesn’t listen to them even after they discipline him,
- Deuteronomy 27:16‘The one who dishonors his father or mother is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
- Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
- Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s command, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.
- Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
- Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
- Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt, and the resident alien is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you.
- Malachi 1:6“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of me? says the Lord of Armies to you priests, who despise my name.” Yet you ask, “How have we despised your name?”
- Matthew 15:4For God said: Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, because this is right.
- Hebrews 12:9Furthermore, we had human fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?
- Leviticus 26:2Keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary; I am the Lord.
- Exodus 16:29Understand that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day he will give you two days’ worth of bread. Each of you stay where you are; no one is to leave his place on the seventh day.”
- Exodus 20:8Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy:
Commentaries on Leviticus 19:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Ye shall fear every man his mother, etc. - Ye shall have the profoundest reverence and respect for them. See Clarke's note on Genesis 48:12, and see Clarke's note on Exodus 20:8, and see Clarke's note on Exodus 20:12.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Compare Exodus 20:8, Exodus 20:12; Exodus 31:13-14. The two laws repeated here are the only laws in the Decalogue which assume a positive shape, all the others being introduced by the formula, “Thou shalt not.” These express two great central points, the first belonging to natural law and the second to positive law, in the maintenance of the well-being of the social body of which Yahweh was the acknowledged king.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3I am the LORD (see Leviticus 18:2): These words divide chapter 19 into short, strong sections (19:3, 4, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 25, 28, 30, 31, 34, 36, 37). Each use reminded Israel why they must obey God's rules.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths--The duty of obedience to parents is placed in connection with the proper observance of the Sabbaths, both of them lying at the foundation of practical religion.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 19
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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