Leviticus 20:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ אֶת־חֻקֹּתַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

û-šᵊmartem ʾet-ḥuqqōtay wa-ʿăśîtem ʾōtām ʾănî YHWH mᵊqaddiškem

Grammar Details

• *û-šᵊmartem*: conjunction + perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall keep
• *ʾet*-*ḥuqqōtay*: direct object marker + noun, feminine plural with 1st singular suffix - my statutes
• *wa-ʿăśîtem*: conjunction + perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall do
• *ʾōtām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
• *ʾănî*: 1st singular personal pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *mᵊqaddiškem*: participle, masculine singular with 2nd masculine plural suffix, Piel - who sanctifies you

Word Meanings

• *šᵊmartem*: keep/observe/guard
• *ḥuqqōtay*: my statutes/my decrees/my ordinances
• *ʿăśîtem*: do/perform/fulfill
• *mᵊqaddiškem*: who sanctifies you/who makes you holy/who sets you apart

Referenced Verses

• Exod 31:13 : 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
• Lev 21:8 : 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
• Ezek 37:28 : 28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
• Matt 5:19 : 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
• Matt 7:24 : 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
• Matt 12:50 : 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
• John 13:17 : 17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
• 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
• Jas 1:22 : 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
• Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
• Ezek 20:12 : 12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
• Lev 18:4-5 : 4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God. 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 19:37 : 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.