But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.
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- WEB You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you;
- KJV Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
- NKJV You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations, either any of your own nation or any stranger who dwells among you
- NASB But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments, and you shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the stranger who resides among you
- NLT You must obey all my decrees and regulations. You must not commit any of these detestable sins. This applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you.
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Quick answer
Israel and resident foreigners alike must keep God's statutes and avoid these abominations.
Overview
The command binds the whole community, native and foreigner, to the same holy standard. God's moral law is not partial but applies to all who dwell in his land. This consistency reflects the impartial holiness of God, who calls every person to live according to his ways.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Lev 18:5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
- Lev 17:10If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
- Lev 18:30You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
- Deut 4:40Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
- Deut 12:32See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
- Deut 4:1–2Hear 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.
- Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- Luke 8:15But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
- Ps 105:44–45He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
- John 14:21–23Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
- John 14:15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
- Lev 17:8Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice
- John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
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