New American Standard Bible 1995
Leviticus 18:5
5So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, 1by which a man may live if he does them; I am the Lord.
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
3You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. 4You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the Lord your God. So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which a man may live if he does them; I am the Lord. 6‘None of you shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness; I am the Lord. 7You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you are not to uncover her nakedness.
Read all of Leviticus 18Leviticus 18:5 word by word
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם אֶת־חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָ֛ם הָאָדָ֖ם וָחַ֣י בָּהֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Leviticus 18:5
- Ezekiel 20:11I gave them My statutes and informed them of My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live.
- Luke 10:28And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.”
- Romans 10:5For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness.
- Galatians 3:12However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, “He who practices them shall live by them.”
- Exodus 6:2God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord;
- Malachi 3:6“For I, the Lord, do not change; therefore you, 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
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