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.
a. NLT: If you
obey my decrees and my regulations, you will find life through them. I am the
LORD.
b. NIV: Keep my
decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the
LORD.
c. Amplified
Bible: You shall therefore keep My statutes and My ordinances which, if a man
does, he shall live by them. I am the Lord.
d. Septuagint: So
ye shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments, and do them; which if a
man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the Lord your God.
e. Stone Edition
Torah/Writings/Prophets: You shall observe My decrees and My laws, which man
shall carry out and to which he shall live—I am HASHEM.
1. “Ye shall therefore keep my
statutes, and my judgments…”
a. keep [8104 *
shamar] [Strong: a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns),
i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.:--beward, be circumspect,
take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve,
regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).]
b. statutes [2708
* chuqqah] [Strong: feminine of 2706, and meaning substantially the
same:--appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.]
c. judgments [4941
* mishpat] [Strong: from 8199; properly, a verdict (favorable or
unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree
(human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the
act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice,
including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even
a style:--+ adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert,
determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged,
judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order,
ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.]
2. ‘…which if a man do, he shall
live in them: I am the
LORD.”
a. which [834 * ‘asher]
[Strong: a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which,
what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in
order that, etc.:--X after, X alike, as (soon as), because, X every, for, +
forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which,
wherein), X though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on,
-soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As
it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun
expletively, used to show the connection.]
b. man [120 *
‘adam] [Strong: from 119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the
species, mankind, etc.):--X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man
(mean, of low degree), person.]
c. do [6213 *
‘asah] [Strong: a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and
widest application (as follows):--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at,
become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the
charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put
in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit,
fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, +
hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour,
maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come)
to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X
sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim,
X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.]
1). AMG The
Complete Word Study Dictionary Old Testament: A verb meaning to do, to make, to
accomplish, to complete. This frequently used Hebrew verb conveys the central
notion of performing an activity with a distinct purpose, a moral obligation,
or a goal in view (cf. Genesis 11:6). Particularly, it is used in conjunction
with God’s commands (Deuteronomy 16:12).
2). I want to add
with the above definition that this word adds a sort of “official obedience”.
With the above in mind I wanted to explore the use of this Hebrew verb in
examples of its use.
a). According to
Blue Letter Bible it is translated “commit” over 50 times. In fact it is used 5
times in the passage Leviticus 18:26-30. Other examples are:
(1). Leviticus
20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them
have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to
death; their blood shall be upon
them.
(2). Leviticus
20:23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out
before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore
I abhorred them.
b). According to Blue
Letter Bible it is translated “execute” in 50 different verses. In most of the
verses it is referring to carrying out divine commands.
(1). Exodus12:12 For
I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of
Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
(2). Deuteronomy
33:21 And he [Gad] provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the
lawgiver, was he seated;
and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the
justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
(3). 2 Samuel 8:15
And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
c). Once it is
translated “govern”.
(1). 1 Kings 21:7 And
Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee
the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
d. live [2425 * chayay]
[Strong: a primitive root (Compare 2421); to live; causatively to
revive:--live, save life.]
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