Treasury of Scripture Knowledge You shall not do according to the custom of the land of Egypt, in which you dwelt: neither shall you act according to the manner of the country of Chanaan, into which I will bring you. Nor shall you walk in their ordinances. the doings Psalm 106:35 And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works: Ezekiel 20:7,8 And I said to them: Let every man cast away the scandals of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. . . . Ezekiel 23:8 Moreover also she did not forsake her fornications which she had committed in Egypt: for they also lay with her in her youth, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured out their fornication upon her. Ephesians 5:7-11 Be ye not therefore partakers with them. . . . 1 Peter 4:2-4 That now he may live the rest of his time in the flesh, not after the desires of men but according to the will of God. . . . and after Leviticus 20:23 Walk not after the laws of the nations, which I will cast out before you. For they have done all these things: and therefore I abhorred them. Exodus 23:24 Thou shalt not adore their gods, nor serve them. Thou shalt not do their works, but shalt destroy them, and break their statues. Deuteronomy 12:4 You shall not do so to the Lord your God: Deuteronomy 30:1 Now when all these things shall be come upon thee, the blessing or the curse, which I have set forth before thee, and thou shalt be touched with repentance of thy heart among all the nations, into which the Lord thy God shall have scattered thee, Jeremiah 10:2,3 Thus saith the Lord: Learn not according to the ways of the Gentiles: and be not afraid of the signs of heaven, which the heathens fear: . . . Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be reformed in the newness of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and the acceptable and the perfect will of God. Context Unlawful Sexual Relations…2Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: I am the Lord your God. 3You shall not do according to the custom of the land of Egypt, in which you dwelt: neither shall you act according to the manner of the country of Chanaan, into which I will bring you. Nor shall you walk in their ordinances.4You shall do my judgments, and shall observe my precepts, and shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God.… Cross References Leviticus 18:24 Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled, which I will cast out before you, Leviticus 20:23 Walk not after the laws of the nations, which I will cast out before you. For they have done all these things: and therefore I abhorred them. Deuteronomy 9:4 Say not in thy heart, when the Lord thy God shall have destroyed them in thy sight: For my justice hath the Lord brought me in to possess this land, whereas these nations are destroyed for their wickedness. 2 Kings 17:8 And they walked according to the way of the nations which the Lord had destroyed in the sight of the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel: because they had done in like manner. Jeremiah 10:2 Thus saith the Lord: Learn not according to the ways of the Gentiles: and be not afraid of the signs of heaven, which the heathens fear: Ezekiel 20:7 And I said to them: Let every man cast away the scandals of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. Ezekiel 20:8 But they provoked me, and would not hearken to me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of his eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: and I said I would pour out my indignation upon them, and accomplish my wrath against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. Lexicon You shall not followתַעֲשׂ֑וּ (ṯa·‘ă·śū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make the practices כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֧ה (kə·ma·‘ă·śêh) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property of the land אֶֽרֶץ־ (’e·reṣ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land of Egypt, מִצְרַ֛יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa where אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you used to live, יְשַׁבְתֶּם־ (yə·šaḇ·tem-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry [or] תַעֲשׂ֔וּ (ṯa·‘ă·śū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make the practices וּכְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה (ū·ḵə·ma·‘ă·śêh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property of the land אֶֽרֶץ־ (’e·reṣ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land of Canaan, כְּנַ֡עַן (kə·na·‘an) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan where אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I אֲנִי֩ (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 589: I am bringing you. מֵבִ֨יא (mê·ḇî) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go You must not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no walk תֵלֵֽכוּ׃ (ṯê·lê·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk in their customs. וּבְחֻקֹּתֵיהֶ֖ם (ū·ḇə·ḥuq·qō·ṯê·hem) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute Additional Translations You shall not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, or the practices of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein you dwelled, shall you not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, where I bring you, shall you not do: neither shall you walk in their ordinances. After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes. Ye shall not do according to the devices of Egypt, in which ye dwelt: and according to the devices of the land of Chanaan, into which I bring you, ye shall not do; and ye shall not walk in their ordinances. After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do; and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their customs. After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their statutes. After the doings of the land of Egypt in which ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived: and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you; neither shall you walk in their statutes. according to the work of the land of Egypt in which ye have dwelt ye do not, and according to the work of the land of Canaan whither I am bringing you in, ye do not, and in their statutes ye walk not. Jump to Previous Behaviour Canaan Customs Doings Dwelt Egypt Follow Guided Live Ordinances Practices Rules Statutes Used Walk Wherein WhitherJump to Next Behaviour Canaan Customs Doings Dwelt Egypt Follow Guided Live Ordinances Practices Rules Statutes Used Walk Wherein WhitherExternal Links Leviticus 18:3 NIVLeviticus 18:3 NLT Leviticus 18:3 ESV Leviticus 18:3 NASB Leviticus 18:3 ASV Leviticus 18:3 Bible Apps Leviticus 18:3 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 18:3 Chinese Bible Leviticus 18:3 French Bible Leviticus 18:3 German Bible Alphabetical: am and are as bringing Canaan do done Egypt follow I in is land live lived must nor not of practices shall statutes the their they to used walk what where You OT Law: Leviticus 18:3 You shall not do as they do (Le Lv Lev.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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