Leviticus 18:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם אַתֶּ֗ם אֶת־חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י וְלֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ מִכֹּ֥ל הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֖ת הָאֵ֑לֶּה הָֽאֶזְרָ֔ח וְהַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And ûšəmartem ʾattem ʾet-ḥuqqōtay and wəʾet-mišpāṭay and wəlōʾ taʿăśû from any mikkōl hattôʿēbōt hāʾēlleh hāʾezrāḥ and wəhaggēr haggār bətôkəkem

Grammar Details

*ûšəmartem*: waw conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall keep
*ʾattem*: 2nd masculine plural pronoun - you
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ḥuqqōtay*: noun, feminine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my statutes
*wəʾet*: waw conjunction + direct object marker
*mišpāṭay*: noun, masculine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my judgments
*wəlōʾ*: waw conjunction + negative particle - and not
*taʿăśû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall do
*mikkōl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - from any of
*hattôʿēbōt*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the abominations
*hāʾēlleh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, common plural - these
*hāʾezrāḥ*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the native
*wəhaggēr*: waw conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine singular - and the stranger
*haggār*: definite article + Qal participle, masculine singular - the one sojourning
*bətôkəkem*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - in your midst

Word Meanings

*ûšəmartem*: and you shall keep/and you shall observe/and you shall guard
*ḥuqqōtay*: my statutes/my decrees/my ordinances
*mišpāṭay*: my judgments/my ordinances/my regulations
*taʿăśû*: you shall do/you shall practice/you shall perform
*tôʿēbōt*: abominations/detestable things/abhorrent practices
*hāʾezrāḥ*: the native/the native-born/the citizen
*haggēr*: the stranger/the sojourner/the foreigner

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Referenced Verses

Lev 18:5 : 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
Lev 18:30 : 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
Deut 4:1-2 : 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 you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Deut 4:40 : 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Deut 12:32 : 32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Ps 105:44-45 : 44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; 45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
Luke 8:15 : 15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
John 14:15 : 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21-23 : 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. 22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
John 15:14 : 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Lev 17:8 : 8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,
Lev 17:10 : 10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

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