Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB “‘You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.’”
- BSB You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”
- NKJV ‘Therefore you shall observe all My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them: I am the Lord.’ ”
- NASB So you shall keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them; I am the Lord.’ ”
- NLT “You must be careful to keep all of my decrees and regulations by putting them into practice. I am the Lord.”
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Quick answer
Israel is to observe and obey all God's statutes and ordinances. This closing summons calls for wholehearted, comprehensive obedience.
Overview
This verse caps the Holiness Code's central chapter, gathering its many commands under one charge: keep them all and do them. Obedience is not selective but total, flowing from the covenant relationship sealed by 'I am Yahweh.' While no one keeps the law perfectly, it reveals God's holy will and our need for the One who fulfilled it on our behalf (Matt. 5:17).
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Cross-references · 9
- Deut 8:1All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.
- Lev 18:4–5Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
- 1 Jn 3:22–23And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
- Ps 119:34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
- Deut 5:1And 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.
- Deut 4:1–2Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
- Deut 6:1–2Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
- Ps 119:4Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
- Deut 4:5–6Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
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