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I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You must obey all my regulations and be careful to obey my decrees, for I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I <i>am</i> the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I <i>am</i> the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You are to do My judgments and keep My statutes, to walk in them; I am Yahweh your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You are to follow My judgments (precepts, ordinances) and keep My statutes and live by them. I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to practice my ordinances and you are to keep my statutes by following them; I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to practice My ordinances and you are to keep My statutes by following them; I am Yahweh your God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I am the LORD your God, and you must obey my teachings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />My judgments shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Follow my rules, and live by my standards. I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Obey my laws and do what I command. I am the LORD your God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Obey my ordinances and keep my statutes by living by them. I am the LORD your God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You must observe my regulations and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Ye shall perform my judgments, and keep my ordinances, to walk in them; I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall do my ordinances. You shall keep my statutes and walk in them. I am Yahweh your God. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You do My judgments and you keep My statutes, to walk in them; I [am] your God YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> My judgments ye do, and My statutes ye keep, to walk in them; I am Jehovah your God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />My judgments shall ye do, and my laws shall ye watch to go in them; am Jehovah your God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />You shall do my judgments, and shall observe my precepts, and shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You shall accomplish my judgments, and you shall observe my precepts, and you shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />My decrees you shall carry out, and my statutes you shall take care to follow. I, the LORD, am your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />My ordinances you shall observe and my statutes you shall keep, following them: I am the LORD your God.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But you shall do my judgments and keep my commandments and walk in them; I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />But do my judgments and keep my commands and walk in them. I AM LORD JEHOVAH your God.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Mine ordinances shall ye do, and My statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Ye shall observe my judgments, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I <i>am</i> the Lord your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/18-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=4744" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/18.htm">Unlawful Sexual Relations</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>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. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ta·‘ă·śū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">You are to practice</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: miš·pā·ṭay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Judgment. ">My judgments</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: tiš·mə·rū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">and keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/2708.htm" title="2708: ḥuq·qō·ṯay (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Something prescribed, an enactment, statute. Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same.">My statutes</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lā·le·ḵeṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">by walking</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">in them.</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">am the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-32.htm">Deuteronomy 5:32-33</a></span><br />So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left. / You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-19.htm">Ezekiel 20:19</a></span><br />I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-1.htm">Psalm 119:1-3</a></span><br />Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD. / Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart. / They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-1.htm">Deuteronomy 6:1-2</a></span><br />These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess, / so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a></span><br />If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">Deuteronomy 4:1</a></span><br />Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-21.htm">Matthew 7:21</a></span><br />Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-22.htm">James 1:22-25</a></span><br />Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. / For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, / and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-6.htm">Deuteronomy 8:6</a></span><br />Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-3.htm">1 John 2:3-6</a></span><br />By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. / If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. / But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12-13</a></span><br />And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, / and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-13.htm">Romans 2:13</a></span><br />For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/22-5.htm">Joshua 22:5</a></span><br />But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-14.htm">1 Peter 1:14-16</a></span><br />As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance. / But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, / for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-3.htm">1 Kings 2:3</a></span><br />And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You shall do my judgments, and keep my ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/18-26.htm">Leviticus 18:26</a></b></br> Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit <i>any</i> of these abominations; <i>neither</i> any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/19-37.htm">Leviticus 19:37</a></b></br> Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I <i>am</i> the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/20-22.htm">Leviticus 20:22</a></b></br> Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/titus/2-1.htm">Accord</a> <a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/exodus/28-15.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-11.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Guided</a> <a href="/exodus/24-3.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Live</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/exodus/34-22.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/exodus/36-7.htm">Perform</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-37.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Walk</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/25-5.htm">Accord</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-2.htm">Careful</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-5.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-5.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-30.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Guided</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-5.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-5.htm">Live</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-18.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-5.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-18.htm">Perform</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-5.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-5.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-30.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-23.htm">Walk</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/18-1.htm">Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Leviticus, these judgments were given to the Israelites as part of the covenant relationship established at Mount Sinai. The judgments include moral, civil, and ceremonial laws that set Israel apart from other nations. Practicing these judgments was a way for the Israelites to demonstrate their obedience and commitment to God. In a broader biblical context, this call to practice God's judgments is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are encouraged to live according to God's will as revealed through Jesus Christ (<a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15</a>).<p><b>and keep My statutes</b><br>Statutes refer to the specific laws and decrees given by God. In Leviticus, these statutes often pertain to issues of purity, worship, and community living. Keeping these statutes was crucial for maintaining holiness and the distinct identity of the Israelites as God's chosen people. The emphasis on keeping statutes highlights the need for continual observance and dedication. This concept is mirrored in the New Testament, where Jesus fulfills the law and calls His followers to uphold the spirit of the law through love and obedience (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17-19</a>).<p><b>by walking in them</b><br>Walking in God's statutes and judgments implies a lifestyle of consistent obedience and faithfulness. This metaphor of walking suggests a daily, ongoing commitment to living according to God's ways. In the ancient Near Eastern context, walking in a deity's ways was a common expression of loyalty and devotion. Biblically, this idea is seen throughout Scripture, where walking with God signifies a close relationship with Him, as exemplified by figures like Enoch and Noah (<a href="/genesis/5-24.htm">Genesis 5:24, 6</a>:9). In the New Testament, believers are called to walk in the Spirit, reflecting a life transformed by faith in Christ (<a href="/galatians/5-16.htm">Galatians 5:16</a>).<p><b>I am the LORD your God</b><br>This declaration asserts God's authority and identity as the covenant-keeping God of Israel. The use of "LORD" (YHWH) signifies His eternal, self-existent nature and His personal relationship with His people. This phrase serves as a reminder of the basis for the commandments given: they are rooted in God's character and His covenant with Israel. Historically, this statement reinforced the distinctiveness of Israel's worship of the one true God amidst a polytheistic culture. Theologically, it underscores the continuity of God's relationship with His people, which is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who is recognized as Lord and Savior in the New Testament (<a href="/philippians/2-11.htm">Philippians 2:11</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of the Israelites who received the laws from God on Mount Sinai. He is the central human figure in the delivery of Levitical laws.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and are now receiving God's laws to live by in the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The place where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments and the laws, including those found in Leviticus.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The land promised to the Israelites, where they are to live according to God's statutes and judgments.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who establishes His laws for His people to follow.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_law.htm">Obedience to God's Law</a></b><br>God's statutes and judgments are not merely suggestions but commands that require our obedience. As believers, we are called to live in a way that reflects His holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/identity_in_god.htm">Identity in God</a></b><br>The phrase "I am the LORD your God" reminds us of our identity as God's people. Our actions should reflect our relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/walking_in_god's_ways.htm">Walking in God's Ways</a></b><br>Walking in God's statutes implies a continuous, daily commitment to live according to His will. It is an active, ongoing process.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_distinction.htm">Holiness and Distinction</a></b><br>God's laws set His people apart from the surrounding nations. As Christians, we are called to be distinct in our conduct, reflecting God's holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>The laws are given within the context of a covenant relationship. Our obedience is a response to God's faithfulness and love.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_'consuming_fire'_fit_science.htm">In Hebrews 12:29, how does describing God as a 'consuming fire' fit with modern scientific understanding of fire and energy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_18_4's_imagery_align.htm">Isaiah 18:4: How does the imagery of God quietly observing nations square with other passages where God is depicted as actively intervening?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_numbers_31's_warfare_approach_unique.htm">Numbers 31 compared to earlier laws in Exodus and Leviticus: Why does this narrative's approach to warfare seem inconsistent with other divine commandments?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_ahaz's_idolatry_less_condemned.htm">Why doesn't 2 Kings 16 emphasize divine judgment on Ahaz's actions as clearly as other Old Testament passages condemn idolatry?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Ye shall do my judgments.</span>--The expression "my judgments and mine ordinances" is here used emphatically, in opposition to "their ordinances," and has here the force of <span class= "ital">Mine only; </span>just as the phrase "Him shalt thou serve" (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-13.htm" title="You shall fear the LORD your God, and serve him, and shall swear by his name.">Deuteronomy 6:13</a>) is explained by Christ "Him <span class= "ital">only </span>shalt thou serve" (<a href="/matthew/4-10.htm" title="Then said Jesus to him, Get you hence, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.">Matthew 4:10</a>).<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/18-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You are to practice</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּעֲשׂ֛וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ta·‘ă·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My judgments</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁפָּטַ֧י</span> <span class="translit">(miš·pā·ṭay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> </span><span class="str2">A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and keep</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשְׁמְר֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(tiš·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My statutes</span><br /><span class="heb">חֻקֹּתַ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(ḥuq·qō·ṯay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2708.htm">Strong's 2708: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prescribed, an enactment, statute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by walking</span><br /><span class="heb">לָלֶ֣כֶת</span> <span class="translit">(lā·le·ḵeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in them.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּהֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(bā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">am the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/18-4.htm">Leviticus 18:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/18-4.htm">Leviticus 18:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/18-4.htm">Leviticus 18:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/18-4.htm">Leviticus 18:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/18-4.htm">Leviticus 18:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/18-4.htm">Leviticus 18:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/18-4.htm">Leviticus 18:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/18-4.htm">Leviticus 18:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/18-4.htm">Leviticus 18:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/18-4.htm">Leviticus 18:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/18-4.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 18:4 You shall do my ordinances and you (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 18:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 18:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/18-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 18:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 18:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>