📜WEB · Leviticus 18:5
What does Leviticus 18:5 mean?
"You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am Yahweh."
— Leviticus 18:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am Yahweh your God.
You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived: and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes.
You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am Yahweh your God.
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am Yahweh.
“‘None of you shall approach any close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.
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