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Punishments for Disobedience

Leviticus 20:8

In 11 translations

BSB
And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
KJV
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
WEB
You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.
ASV
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.
LSV
and you have kept My statutes and have done them; I [am] YHWH, sanctifying you.
YLT
and ye have kept My statutes and have done them; I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying you.
DBY
And ye shall observe my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who hallow you.
DRC
Keep my precepts, and do them. I am the Lord that sanctify you.
GNV
Keepe ye therefore mine ordinances, and doe them. I am the Lord which doeth sanctifie you.
JPS
And keep ye My statutes, and do them: I am the LORD who sanctify you.
LXXE
And ye shall observe my ordinances, and do them: I am the Lord that sanctifies you.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ אֶת־חֻקֹּתַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ φυλάξεσθε τὰ προστάγματά μου, καὶ ποιήσετε αὐτά· ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ ἁγιάζεν ὑμᾶς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 31:13“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
  • James 1:22Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:23Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Matthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
  • Matthew 12:50For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
  • Leviticus 19:37You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”
  • Revelation 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
  • Leviticus 21:8You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
  • Matthew 5:19So 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…
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:13But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
  • Ezekiel 37:28Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”
  • Leviticus 18:4–5You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God. Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
  • Ezekiel 20:12I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
  • John 13:17If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
  • 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

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