Leviticus 18:5
3 You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
4 You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
6 None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.
7 You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
- KJV
- Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
- WEB
- You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am the LORD.
- ASV
- Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.
- DARBY
- And ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah.
- BLB
- And you⁺ shall keep My statutes and My judgments, which the man shall do them, and he shall live by them. I [am] YHWH.
- ÅB
- Og dere skal holde mine lover og mine bud, for det menneske som gjør etter dem, skal leve ved dem; jeg er Herren.
- OTB
- Derfor, hold mine forskrifter og mine dommer, for den som følger dem skal leve ved dem. Jeg er Herren.
- B1930
- Og I skal holde mine lover og mine bud, for det menneske som gjør efter dem, skal leve ved dem; jeg er Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 3:12
The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
Read in contextEzekiel 20:11
And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
Read in contextRomans 10:5
For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
Read in contextEzekiel 20:21
But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.
Read in contextEzekiel 20:13
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
Read in contextLuke 10:28
“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
Read in contextExodus 6:6
Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
Read in contextExodus 6:2
God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.
Read in context