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JPS Old Testament

Leviticus 19:37

And ye shall observe all My statutes, and all Mine ordinances, and do them: I am the LORD.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commerce;   Obedience;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Commerce;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   Leviticus;   Pentateuch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Commerce;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Observe;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them: I am the LORD.
King James Version
Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
"‘Thus you shall keep all my statutes and all my regulations, and you shall do them; I am Yahweh.'"
New Century Version
"‘Remember all my laws and rules, and obey them. I am the Lord .'"
New English Translation
You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the Lord .'"
Amplified Bible
'You shall observe and keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them. I am the LORD.'"
New American Standard Bible
'So you shall keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them; I am the LORD.'"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore shall ye obserue all mine ordinances, and all my iudgements, and doe them: I am the Lorde.
Legacy Standard Bible
You shall thus keep all My statutes and all My judgments and do them; I am Yahweh.'"
Contemporary English Version
and I command you to obey my laws.
Complete Jewish Bible
Observe all my regulations and rulings, and do them; I am Adonai .'"
Darby Translation
And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
"You must remember all my laws and rules. And you must obey them. I am the Lord ."
English Standard Version
And you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the Lord ."
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore you shall keep all my commandments and all my judgments, and do them; I am the LORD.
Good News Translation
Obey all my laws and commands. I am the Lord ."
Christian Standard Bible®
Keep all my statutes and all my ordinances and do them; I am the Lord.”
Literal Translation
and you shall observe all My statutes, and all My judgments and shall do them; I am Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
that ye shulde kepe & do all my statutes and lawes: for I am the LORDE.
American Standard Version
And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore shall ye obserue all my ordinaunces, and al my iudgementes, and do them: I am the Lorde.
King James Version (1611)
Therefore shall ye obserue all my Statutes, and all my Iudgements, and doe them: I am the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall keep all my law and all my ordinances, and ye shall do them: I am the Lord your God.
English Revised Version
And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.'"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Kepe ye alle myn heestis, and alle domes, and do ye tho; Y am the Lord.
Young's Literal Translation
and ye have observed all my statutes, and all my judgments, and have done them; I [am] Jehovah.'
Update Bible Version
And you shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them: I am Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I [am] the LORD.
World English Bible
You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them: I am Yahweh.
New King James Version
"Therefore you shall observe all My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them: I am the LORD."'
New Living Translation
"You must be careful to keep all of my decrees and regulations by putting them into practice. I am the Lord ."
New Life Bible
Keep all My Laws and do all that I tell you. I am the Lord.'"
New Revised Standard
You shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and observe them: I am the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes and all my regulations and do them, - I, am Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Keep all my precepts, and all my judgments: and do them. I am the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
And you shall observe all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them: I am the LORD."
THE MESSAGE
"Keep all my decrees and all my laws. Yes, do them. I am God ."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You shall thus observe all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them; I am the LORD.'"

Contextual Overview

30 Ye shall keep My sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD. 31 Turn ye not unto the ghosts, nor unto familiar spirits; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong. 34 The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 And ye shall observe all My statutes, and all Mine ordinances, and do them: I am the LORD.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 18:4, Leviticus 18:5, Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 4:5, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 5:1, Deuteronomy 6:1, Deuteronomy 6:2, Deuteronomy 8:1, Psalms 119:4, Psalms 119:34, 1 John 3:22, 1 John 3:23

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:1 - the judgments Leviticus 20:8 - And ye Leviticus 20:22 - statutes Leviticus 22:31 - General Leviticus 25:18 - Wherefore Deuteronomy 12:28 - General 2 Kings 17:37 - the statutes

Cross-References

Genesis 19:1
And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he fell down on his face to the earth;
Genesis 19:18
And Lot said unto them: 'Oh, not so, my lord;
Genesis 19:25
and He overthrow those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Genesis 19:27
And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
Genesis 19:31
And the first-born said unto the younger: 'Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth.
Numbers 21:29
Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh; he hath given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
Deuteronomy 2:9
And the LORD said unto me: 'Be not at enmity with Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.--
Deuteronomy 2:19
and when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, harass them not, nor contend with them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.--
Deuteronomy 23:3
A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of the LORD.
Ruth 4:10
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I acquired to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place; ye are witnesses this day.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments,.... Delivered in this and the preceding chapters, and elsewhere, whether ceremonial or judicial, or moral, as there were of each, which had been delivered to them; and which are all comprehended in these two words, "statutes", or ordinances, which were the determinations of his sovereign will, and of mere positive institution; and "judgments", which were such laws as respected their civil or religious conduct, formed according to the rules of justice and equity: "all" and everyone of which were to be "observed", taken notice of, and regarded, in order to be put in practice, as follows:

and do them; act according to them, in civil, moral, and religious life:

I [am] the Lord; who enjoined all these things, and had a right to do so, and expected obedience to them, which it was right fit that they should give.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 19:37. Shall ye observe all my statutes — חקתי chukkothi, from חק chak, to describe, mark, or trace out; the righteousness which I have described, and the path of duty which I have traced out. Judgments, משפטי mishpatai, from shaphat, to discern, determine, direct, c. that which Divine Wisdom has discerned to be best for man, has determined shall promote his best interest, and has directed him conscientiously to use. Leviticus 26:15.

1. MANY difficulties occur in this very important chapter, but they are such only to us; for there can be no doubt of their having been perfectly well known to the Israelites, to whom the precepts contained in this chapter were given. Considerable pains however have been taken to make them plain, and no serious mind can read them without profit.

2. The precepts against injustice, fraud, slander, enmity, c., c., are well worth the notice of every Christian and those against superstitious usages are not less so and by these last we learn, that having recourse to astrologers, fortune-tellers, &c., to get intelligence of lost or stolen goods, or to know the future events of our own lives, or those of others, is highly criminal in the sight of God. Those who have recourse to such persons renounce their baptism, and in effect renounce the providence as well as the word of God.

3. The precepts of humanity and mercy relative to the poor, the hireling, and the stranger, are worthy of our most serious regard. Nor are those which concern weights and measures, traffic, and the whole system of commutative justice, less necessary to be observed for the benefit and comfort of the individual, and the safety and prosperity of the state.


 
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