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Leviticus 18:5

ObedienceNew life and rebirthThe law

3 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.

4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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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.

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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.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Galatians 3:12

    And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

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  • Ezekiel 20:11

    And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

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  • Romans 10:5

    For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

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  • Ezekiel 20:21

    Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

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  • Ezekiel 20:13

    But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

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  • Luke 10:28

    And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

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  • Exodus 6:6

    Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

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  • Exodus 6:2

    And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:

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