(A)You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and (B)you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. (C)You shall follow my rules[a] and keep my statutes and walk in them. (D)I am the Lord your God. (E)You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; (F)if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:4 Or my just decrees; also verse 5

You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.(A) You must obey my laws(B) and be careful to follow my decrees.(C) I am the Lord your God.(D) Keep my decrees and laws,(E) for the person who obeys them will live by them.(F) I am the Lord.

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