Leviticus 26:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Lev 19:30 : 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lev 19:30-32
3 verses
93%
30Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Jehovah.
31Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God.
32Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
Lev 22:31-33
3 verses
84%
31Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am Jehovah.
32And ye shall not profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am Jehovah who halloweth you,
33who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Jehovah.
Lev 20:7-8
2 verses
83%
7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am Jehovah your God.
8And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.
Ezek 20:19-20
2 verses
83%
19I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them;
20and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.
Exod 31:12-14
3 verses
82%
12And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
13Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.
14Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Lev 19:2-4
3 verses
82%
2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy; for I Jehovah your God am holy.
3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.
4Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.
Lev 26:3
81%
3If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Lev 26:1
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1Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God.
Deut 5:12
79%
12Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee.
Lev 18:30
79%
30Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.
Exod 20:8
78%
8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Lev 18:4-5
2 verses
78%
4Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.
5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.
Lev 19:37
78%
37And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah.
Lev 18:2
78%
2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.
Ezek 20:12
77%
12Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth them.
Lev 20:26
77%
26And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.
Lev 22:9
76%
9They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.
Lev 23:2-3
2 verses
76%
2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, The set feasts of Jehovah, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.
3Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work: it is a sabbath unto Jehovah in all your dwellings.
Ezek 22:8
76%
8Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
Exod 31:16
75%
16Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
Lev 25:2
75%
2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto Jehovah.
Ezek 44:8
75%
8And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
Lev 19:12
75%
12And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
Jer 17:22
75%
22neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work: but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
Lev 22:2
75%
2Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am Jehovah.
Lev 26:14
74%
14But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
Ezek 37:28
74%
28And the nations shall know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
Lev 26:12
74%
12And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
Deut 5:7
74%
7Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Lev 21:8
74%
8Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I Jehovah, who sanctify you, am holy.
Lev 11:44-45
2 verses
74%
44For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth.
45For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Exod 20:3
73%
3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exod 35:2
73%
2Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.
Lev 23:26
73%
26And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Jer 25:6
73%
6and go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
Lev 25:17
73%
17And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.
Jer 17:24
73%
24And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith Jehovah, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but to hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;