Leviticus 19:3
1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
4 Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
5 When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
- KJV
- Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
- WEB
- “‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
- ASV
- Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.
- DARBY
- Ye shall reverence every man his mother, and his father, and my sabbaths shall ye keep: I am Jehovah your God.
- BLB
- Each man shall fear his mother and his father, and you⁺ shall keep My Sabbaths. I [am] YHWH your⁺ God.
- ÅB
- Dere skal ha ærefrykt enhver for sin mor og sin far, og dere skal holde mine sabbater; jeg er Herren deres Gud.
- OTB
- Enhver av dere skal respektere sin mor og far, og dere skal holde mine sabbater. Jeg er Herren deres Gud.
- B1930
- I skal ha ærefrykt enhver for sin mor og sin far, og I skal holde mine sabbater; jeg er Herren eders Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Read in contextExodus 20:8
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
Read in contextEphesians 6:1–3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Read in contextHebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
Read in contextProverbs 30:17
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:7–8
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
Read in contextExodus 21:15
Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
Read in contextLeviticus 11:44
For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
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