Leviticus 18:4
But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
In Context
5So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.
Cross References
Leviticus 18:2Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:19Keep my laws. Do not let your cattle have offspring by those of a different sort; do not put mixed seed into your field; do not put on a robe made of two sorts of cloth.
Leviticus 20:22So then, keep my rules and my decisions and do them, so that the land which I am giving you as your resting-place may not violently send you out again.
Deuteronomy 6:1Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:
Psalms 119:4You have put your orders into our hearts, so that we might keep them with care.
Ezekiel 36:27And I will put my spirit in you, causing you to be guided by my rules, and you will keep my orders and do them.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 18:2-6
Cautions against Idolatrous Practices. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God. 3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. 4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God. 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my… Read the whole commentary →