New English Translation
Leviticus 19:37
37You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the Lord.’”
Leviticus 19:37 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the Lord.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the Lord."
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Therefore you shall observe all My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them: I am the Lord.’ ”
Context of Leviticus 19:37
35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume. 36You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt. You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the Lord.’”
Read all of Leviticus 19Leviticus 19:37 word by word
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם אֶת־כָּל־חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 19:37
- Leviticus 18:4You must observe my regulations and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. I am the Lord your God.
- Deuteronomy 4:1Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 5:1Then Moses called all the people of Israel together and said to them: “Listen, Israel, to the statutes and ordinances that I am about to deliver to you today; learn them and be careful to keep them!
- Deuteronomy 6:1Now these are the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed
- Deuteronomy 8:1You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors.
- Psalms 119:4You demand that your precepts be carefully kept.
- 1 John 3:22and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.
Commentaries on Leviticus 19:37
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37Shall ye observe all my statutes - חקתי chukkothi, from חק chak, to describe, mark, or trace out; the righteousness which I have described, and the path of duty which I have traced out. Judgments, משפטי mishpatai, from שפט shaphat, to discern, determine, direct, etc.; that which Divine Wisdom has discerned to be best for man, has determined shall promote his best interest, and has directed him conscientiously to use. See the note on Leviticus 26:15. Many…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3737. I am the Lord--This solemn admonition, by which these various precepts are repeatedly sanctioned, is equivalent to "I, your Creator--your Deliverer from bondage, and your Sovereign, who have wisdom to establish laws, have power also to punish the violation of them." It was well fitted to impress the minds of the Israelites with a sense of their duty and God's claims to obedience.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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