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Leviticus 18:3
3They were living in Egypt, but they must not do as the people in Egypt do. Now I am bringing them to live in Canaan. They must not live in the way that the people in Canaan live. They must not do the things that those people do.
Leviticus 18:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)According to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their ordinances.
Context of Leviticus 18:3
1The Lord said to Moses, 2‘Tell Israel's people that I am the Lord their God. They were living in Egypt, but they must not do as the people in Egypt do. Now I am bringing them to live in Canaan. They must not live in the way that the people in Canaan live. They must not do the things that those people do. 4They must obey my rules. I am the Lord their God. 5If they obey my rules and my laws, they will continue to live safely. I am the Lord.
Read all of Leviticus 18Leviticus 18:3 word by word
כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֧ה אֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַ֛יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְשַׁבְתֶּם־בָּ֖הּ לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֑וּ וּכְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה אֶֽרֶץ־כְּנַ֡עַן אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אֶתְכֶ֥ם שָׁ֙מָּה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ וּבְחֻקֹּתֵיהֶ֖ם לֹ֥א תֵלֵֽכוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- After the doingsמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deedH4639
- of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
- wherein ye dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- shall ye not doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- of Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667
- whither I bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
- neither shall ye walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- in their ordinancesחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
Cross-references for Leviticus 18:3
- Psalms 106:35Instead, they mixed with those nations and they learned their way of life.
- Ezekiel 20:7I said to them, ‘You must each destroy the disgusting idols that you worship. Those are the idols of Egypt and they cause you to be unclean. Remember that I am the Lord your God.’
- Ezekiel 23:8She had lived as a prostitute in Egypt when she was young. Men had sex with her. They touched her breasts and they enjoyed her body for themselves. She continued to do that with the Assyrian men.
- Ephesians 5:7So keep away from those kinds of people.
- 1 Peter 4:2As a result, that person will want to do what God wants him to do. In his life in this world, he will not want to do the bad things that people think are good.
- Leviticus 20:23The people who are living in Canaan now are doing bad things. I, the Lord, hate them because they do these things. I will send them out of Canaan.
- Exodus 23:24Do not worship their gods. Do not serve them. Do not copy the evil things that these people do. Destroy their idols and break their special stones into pieces.
- Deuteronomy 12:4Do not worship the Lord your God in the same way that those people worship their gods.
- Deuteronomy 30:1I have told you about the ways that God may bless you and the ways that he may curse you. If you do not obey the Lord your God, he will send you away to live in many foreign countries. When that happens, you will think about what I have said.
- Jeremiah 10:2The Lord says, ‘Do not copy the way that people of other nations live. They are afraid of strange things that they see in the sky. But you must not be afraid of those things.
- Romans 12:2Do not become like the people who belong to this world. But let God completely change the way that you think, so that you live differently. Then you will understand what God wants you to do. You will know what is good. You will know what pleases God. You will know what is completely right.
Commentaries on Leviticus 18:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The doings of the land of Egypt - the land of Canaan - The worshipping of demons, beasts, etc., as mentioned in the preceding chapter, Leviticus 17:7, and the abominations mentioned in this chapter from Leviticus 18:21-23.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3See the Leviticus 18:24-30 note.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
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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
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