Leviticus 18:3

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

1And Yhwh spake unto Moses, saying, 2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Yhwh your God. 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. 4Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am Yhwh your God. 5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Yhwh.

Leviticus 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

• 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 106:35But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
• Ezekiel 20:7Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am Yhwh your God.
• Ezekiel 23:8Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
• Ephesians 5:7Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
• 1 Peter 4:2That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
• Leviticus 20:23And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
• Exodus 23:24Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
• Deuteronomy 12:4Ye shall not do so unto Yhwh your God.
• Deuteronomy 30:1And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither Yhwh thy God hath driven thee,
• Jeremiah 10:2Thus saith Yhwh, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
• Romans 12:2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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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• Canaan
• Egypt
• Canaan; Canaanites
• Canaan, Canaanite
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Alliance
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• Mankind
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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