Leviticus 19:30

Purity, Honor, Respect, and Honesty

19:30 “‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 26:2-3

26:2 You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence ¹  my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

The Benefits of Obedience

26:3 “‘If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments, ² 

Leviticus 18:4

18:4 You must observe my regulations ³  and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. ⁴  I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:3

19:3 Each of you must respect his mother and his father, ⁵  and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 25:18

25:18 You must obey my statutes and my regulations; you must be sure to keep them ⁶  so that you may live securely in the land. ⁷ 

[26:2]  ¹ tn Heb “and my sanctuary you shall fear.” Cf. NCV “respect”; CEV “honor.”

[26:3]  ¹ tn Heb “and my commandments you shall keep and do them.” This appears to be a kind of verbal hendiadys, where the first verb is a modifier of the action of the second verb (see GKC 386 §120.d, although שָׁמַר [shamar, “to keep”] is not cited there; cf. Lev 20:8; 25:18, etc.).

[18:4]  ¹ tn Heb “My regulations you shall do”; KJV, NASB “my judgments”; NRSV “My ordinances”; NIV, TEV “my laws.”

[18:4]  ² tn Heb “and my statutes you shall keep [or “watch; guard”] to walk in them.”

[19:3]  ¹ tn Heb “A man his mother and his father you [plural] shall fear.” The LXX, Syriac, Vulgate, and certain Targum mss reverse the order, “his father and his mother.” The term “fear” is subject to misunderstanding by the modern reader, so “respect” has been used in the translation. Cf. NAB, NRSV “revere”; NASB “reverence.”

[25:18]  ¹ tn Heb “And you shall keep and do them.” This appears to be a kind of verbal hendiadys, where the first verb is a modifier of the action of the second verb (see GKC 386 §120.d, although שָׁמַר [shamar, “to keep”] is not cited there; cf. Lev 20:8, etc.).

[25:18]  ² tn Heb “and you shall dwell on the land to security.”