Leviticus 18:4
What does Leviticus 18:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 18:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`My judgments ye do, and My statutes ye keep, to walk in them; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752You shall do my judgments, and shall observe my precepts, and shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Mine ordinances shall ye do and my statutes shall ye observe to walk therein: I am Jehovah yourGod.
Context
v.3After 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 statutes.
v.4This passage
v.5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 1:6
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do them.
- Psalms 105:45
That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise ye Jehovah.
- Leviticus 18:26
Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you
- Psalms 119:4
Thou hast commandedus thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.
- Deuteronomy 4:1
And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, giveth you.
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