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.
KJV
Custodite leges meas atque judicia, quæ faciens homo, vivet in eis. Ego Dominus.
Vulgate
καὶ φυλάξεσθε πάντα τὰ προστάγματά μου καὶ πάντα τὰ κρίματά μου, καὶ ποιήσετε αὐτά· ἃ ποιήσας ἄνθρωπος ζήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς· ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.
LXX
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.
ASV
וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם אֶת חֻקֹּתַ/י֙ וְ/אֶת מִשְׁפָּטַ֔/י אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָ֛/ם הָ/אָדָ֖ם וָ/חַ֣י בָּ/הֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 2 later passages.
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Rom 10:5 · paraphrase"For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them."Leviticus: the one who does them shall live by them — Paul on law
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Gal 3:12 · paraphrase"And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them."Leviticus: the one who does them shall live by them — Paul on law vs. faith
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210217.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Cross-references
- Deut 4:1 — Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth
- Deut 32:47 — For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
- Exod 6:2 — And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
- Exod 6:6 — Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretc
- Ezek 20:11 — And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
- Ezek 20:11 — And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
- Ezek 20:13 — But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they great
- Ezek 20:21 — Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I
- Ezek 33:15 — If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
- Gal 3:12 — And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
- Gal 3:12 — And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
- Isa 55:3 — Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
- Lev 18:26 — Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
- Luke 10:28 — And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
- Luke 10:28 — And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
- Matt 19:17 — And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
- Neh 9:29 — And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, h
- Prov 7:2 — Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
- Rom 7:10 — And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
- Rom 10:5 — For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
- Rom 10:5 — For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.