Leviticus 18:26 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:
Words Then and Now
- sojourneth to live for a time as a stranger Still heard today: a brief sojourn in Paris, a stay as a visitor Webster’s 1828 · Sojourn
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Thou and Ye
- ye, your, you more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Unlawful marriages and fleshly lustsHere is a law against all conformity to the corrupt usages of the heathen. Also laws against incest, against brutal lusts, and barbarous idolatries; and the...
Thompson Chains
- StatutesSee the chain from Exodus 15:26 · 10 links
- Obedience (1)See the chain from Deuteronomy 26:16 · 7 links
- SojournersLink 5 of 11 · next Leviticus 20:2
Cross References
- Leviticus 18:5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 17:8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,
- Leviticus 17:10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 18:30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 4:1–2 Now 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. …
- Deuteronomy 4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
- Deuteronomy 12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
- Psalms 105:44–45 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; …
- Luke 8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
- Luke 11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
- John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
- John 14:21–23 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. …
- John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
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Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Ye shall therefore keep וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם ûšĕmartem שָׁמַר Verb · qal sequential perfect, second person masculine plural · with and אַתֶּם ʾattem Pronoun · second person masculine plural
- my statutes אֶת ʾet Object marker חֻקֹּתַי ḥuqqōtay חֻקָּה Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- and my judgments וְאֶת wĕʾet Object marker · with and מִשְׁפָּטַי mišpāṭay מִשְׁפָּט Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- and shall not commit וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and תַעֲשׂוּ taʿăśû עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
- of these abominations הַתּוֹעֵבֹת hattôʿēbōt תּוֹעֵבַה Noun · feminine plural · with the הָאֵלֶּה hāʾēllê Pronoun · with the
- any of your own nation מִכֹּל mikkōl Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition הָאֶזְרָח hāʾezrāḥ אֶזְרָח Noun · masculine singular · with the
- nor any stranger וְהַגֵּר wĕhaggēr גֵּר Noun · masculine singular · with and, the
- that sojourneth הַגָּר haggār גּוּר Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular · with the
- among בְּתוֹכְכֶם bĕtôkĕkem תָּוֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: second person masculine plural
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