Leviticus 18:4

You must observe my regulations ¹  and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. ²  I am the Lord your God.

Le 18:26; Le 19:37; Le 20:22; De 4:1,2; De 6:1; Ps 105:45; Ps 119:4; Eze 20:19; Eze 36:27; Eze 37:24; Lu 1:6; Joh 15:14

¹ tn Heb “My regulations you shall do”; KJV, NASB “my judgments”; NRSV “My ordinances”; NIV, TEV “my laws.”

sn The Hebrew term translated “regulation” (מִשְׁפָּט, mishpat) refers to the set of regulations about to be set forth in the following chapters (cf. Lev 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:46). Note especially the thematic and formulaic relationships between the introduction here in Lev 18:1-5 and the paraenesis in Lev 20:22-26, both of which refer explicitly to the corrupt nations and the need to separate from them by keeping the Lord’s regulations.

² tn Heb “and my statutes you shall keep [or “watch; guard”] to walk in them.”