Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. New Living Translation “You must keep all my decrees and regulations by putting them into practice; otherwise the land to which I am bringing you as your new home will vomit you out. English Standard Version “You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my rules and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. Berean Standard Bible You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out. King James Bible 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. New King James Version ‘You shall therefore keep all My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them, that the land where I am bringing you to dwell may not vomit you out. New American Standard Bible ‘You are therefore to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out. NASB 1995 ‘You are therefore to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to live will not spew you out. NASB 1977 ‘You are therefore to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to live will not spew you out. Legacy Standard Bible ‘You shall therefore keep all My statutes and all My judgments and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to inhabit will not vomit you out. Amplified Bible ‘Therefore keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out [as it did those before you]. Christian Standard Bible “You are to keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out. Holman Christian Standard Bible You are to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out. American Standard Version Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out. Contemporary English Version Obey my laws and teachings. Or else the land I am giving you will become sick of you and throw you out. English Revised Version Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out. GOD'S WORD® Translation "If you carefully obey all my laws and my rules, the land I am bringing you to live in will not vomit you out. Good News Translation The LORD said, "Keep all my laws and commands, so that you will not be rejected by the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. International Standard Version "Be sure to keep all my statutes and observe all my ordinances, so that the land where I'm about to bring you to live won't vomit you out. Majority Standard Bible You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out. NET Bible "'You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations, so that the land to which I am about to bring you to take up residence there does not vomit you out. New Heart English Bible "'You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land, where I am bringing you to dwell, may not vomit you out. Webster's Bible Translation Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land whither I bring you to dwell therein, may not vomit you out. World English Bible “‘You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to dwell may not vomit you out. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd you have kept all My statutes and all My judgments, and have done them, and the land does not vomit you out to where I am bringing you in to dwell in it; Young's Literal Translation 'And ye have kept all My statutes, and all My judgments, and have done them, and the land vomiteth you not out whither I am bringing you in to dwell in it; Smith's Literal Translation And ye watched all my laws, and all my judgments, and did them: and the land shall not vomit you forth, which I brought you there to dwell in it. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleKeep my laws and my judgments, and do them: lest the land into which you are to enter to dwell therein, vomit you also out. Catholic Public Domain Version Observe my laws as well as my judgments, and act according to them, lest the land, into which you will enter and live, may vomit you out, too. New American Bible Be careful to observe all my statutes and all my decrees; otherwise the land where I am bringing you to dwell will vomit you out. New Revised Standard Version You shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and observe them, so that the land to which I bring you to settle in may not vomit you out. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou shall therefore keep all my commandments and all my judgments and do them, that the land whither I bring you to dwell therein may not be bereaved of you. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Keep all of my commands and my judgments and do them and do not deprive yourselves of the land to which I bring you to dwell in it. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Ye shall therefore keep all My statutes, and all Mine ordinances, and do them, that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out. Brenton Septuagint Translation And keep ye all my ordinances, and my judgments; and ye shall do them, and the land shall not be aggrieved with you, into which I bring you to dwell upon it. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Keep All My Decrees22You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out. 23You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.… Cross References Deuteronomy 11:8-9 You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, / and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. Deuteronomy 4:1 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. Deuteronomy 6:1-3 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. / Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you. Deuteronomy 8:1 You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers. Deuteronomy 30:16 For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess. Joshua 1:7-8 Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go. / This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do. Psalm 119:4-5 You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently. / Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes! Ezekiel 20:19-20 I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. / Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’ Nehemiah 9:29 You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey. 1 Kings 2:3 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, Matthew 5:19 So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. John 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. Romans 2:13 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. James 1:22-25 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. ... Treasury of Scripture You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, where I bring you to dwell therein, spew you not out. statues Leviticus 18:4,5,26 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God… Leviticus 19:37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD. Psalm 19:8-11 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes… judgments Exodus 21:1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. Deuteronomy 4:45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt, Deuteronomy 5:1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. spue you Leviticus 18:25-28 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants… Leviticus 26:33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. Deuteronomy 28:25,26 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth… Jump to Previous Decisions Decrees Dwell Follow Judgments Kept Live Ordinances Resting-Place Rules Spew Spue Statutes Therein Violently Vomit WhitherJump to Next Decisions Decrees Dwell Follow Judgments Kept Live Ordinances Resting-Place Rules Spew Spue Statutes Therein Violently Vomit WhitherLeviticus 20 1. Of him who gives his seed to Moloch4. Of him who favors such an one 6. Of going to wizards 7. Of sanctification 9. Of him who curses his parents 11. Of incest 13. Of sodomy 15. Of bestiality 18. Of uncleanness 22. Obedience is required with holiness 27. Wizards must be put to death You are to keep The phrase "You are to keep" emphasizes the active responsibility of the Israelites to adhere to God's commandments. The Hebrew root word for "keep" is "שָׁמַר" (shamar), which means to guard, observe, or give heed. This implies a vigilant and intentional effort to maintain the statutes and ordinances given by God. In a historical context, this was crucial for the Israelites as they were called to be a distinct people, set apart from the surrounding nations. The call to "keep" underscores the covenant relationship between God and His people, where obedience is a sign of faithfulness and devotion. all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them so that the land to which I am bringing you to dwell will not vomit you out That the land . . . spue you not out.--Better, lest the land . . . vomit you out, as in Leviticus 18:28. For this figure of speech see Leviticus 20:25 of the same chapter. Verses 22, 23. - The fact of the nations of Canaan being abhorred by God because they committed all these things shows that the Levitical code forbidding all these things was no part of any special law for that nation alone, but a republication of that Law which is binding on all nations because written on the conscience. The prohibited degrees in the Book of Leviticus form a part of the moral, not of the ceremonial, law, and are, therefore, of permanent and universal, not only of temporary and national, obligation.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You are therefore to keepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם (ū·šə·mar·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every My statutes חֻקֹּתַי֙ (ḥuq·qō·ṯay) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute and כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every ordinances, מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י (miš·pā·ṭay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style so that the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land where אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I אֲנִ֜י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I am bringing מֵבִ֥יא (mê·ḇî) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go you to live לָשֶׁ֥בֶת (lā·še·ḇeṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry will not וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no vomit you out. תָקִ֤יא (ṯā·qî) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 6958: Spue out, vomit out, up, up again Links Leviticus 20:22 NIVLeviticus 20:22 NLT Leviticus 20:22 ESV Leviticus 20:22 NASB Leviticus 20:22 KJV Leviticus 20:22 BibleApps.com Leviticus 20:22 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 20:22 Chinese Bible Leviticus 20:22 French Bible Leviticus 20:22 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 20:22 You shall therefore keep all my statutes (Le Lv Lev.) |
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