Leviticus 22:31

22:31 “You must be sure to do my commandments. 1  I am the Lord.

Leviticus 26:3

The Benefits of Obedience

26:3 “‘If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments, 2 

Leviticus 26:14

The Consequences of Disobedience

26:14 “‘If, however, 3  you do not obey me and keep 4  all these commandments –

Leviticus 27:34

Final Colophon

27:34 These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses to tell the Israelites 5  at Mount Sinai.

1 tn Heb “And you shall keep my commandments and you shall do them.” This appears to be a kind of verbal hendiadys, where the first verb is a modifier of the action of the second verb (see GKC 386 §120.d, although שָׁמַר [shamar, “to keep”] is not cited there; cf. Lev 20:8, etc.).

2 tn Heb “and my commandments you shall keep and do them.” This appears to be a kind of verbal hendiadys, where the first verb is a modifier of the action of the second verb (see GKC 386 §120.d, although שָׁמַר [shamar, “to keep”] is not cited there; cf. Lev 20:8; 25:18, etc.).

3 tn Heb “And if.”

4 tn Heb “and do not do.”

5 tn Most of the commentaries and English versions translate, “which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel.” The preposition אֶל (’el), however, does not usually mean “for.” In this book it is commonly used when the Lord commands Moses “to speak [un]to” a person or group of persons (see, e.g., Lev 1:2; 4:2, etc.). The translation “to tell” here reflects this pattern in the book of Leviticus.