Leviticus 18:5
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Keep my laws and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them, I am the Lord.

which if a man do

Ezekiel 20:11,13,21 And I gave them my statutes, and I shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them. . . .

Luke 10:28 And he said to him: Thou hast answered right. This do: and thou shalt live.

Romans 10:5 For Moses wrote that the justice which is of the law: The man that shall do it shall live by it.

Galatians 3:12 But the law is not of faith: but he that doth those things shall live in them.

I am the Lord

Exodus 6:2,6,29 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: I am the Lord . . .

Malachi 3:6 For I am the Lord, and I change not: and you the sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Context
Unlawful Sexual Relations
4You shall do my judgments, and shall observe my precepts, and shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God. 5Keep my laws and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them, I am the Lord.6No man shall approach to her that is near of kin to him, to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord.…
Cross References
Matthew 19:17
Who said to him: Why askest thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Luke 10:28
And he said to him: Thou hast answered right. This do: and thou shalt live.

Romans 7:10
And I died. And the commandment that was ordained to life, the same was found to be unto death to me.

Romans 10:5
For Moses wrote that the justice which is of the law: The man that shall do it shall live by it.

Galatians 3:12
But the law is not of faith: but he that doth those things shall live in them.

Leviticus 18:6
No man shall approach to her that is near of kin to him, to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 4:1
And now, O Israel, hear the commandments and judgments which I teach thee: that doing them, thou mayst live, and entering in mayst possess the land which the Lord the God of your fathers will give you.

Nehemiah 9:29
And thou didst admonish them to return to thy law. But they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them: and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.

Ezekiel 18:9
Hath walked in my commandments, and kept my judgments, to do truth: he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.

Ezekiel 20:11
And I gave them my statutes, and I shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them.

Ezekiel 20:13
But the house of Israel provoked me in the desert: they walked not in my statutes, and they cast away my judgments, which if a man do he shall live in them: and they grievously violated my sabbaths. I said therefore that I would pour out my indignation upon them in the desert, and would consume them.

Lexicon
Keep
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם (ū·šə·mar·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

My statutes
חֻקֹּתַי֙ (ḥuq·qō·ṯay)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute

and
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

My judgments,
מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י (miš·pā·ṭay)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

[for]
אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the man
הָאָדָ֖ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being

who does these things
יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה (ya·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

will live
וָחַ֣י (wā·ḥay)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2425: To live, to revive

by them.
בָּהֶ֑ם (bā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

I
אֲנִ֖י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

am the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


Additional Translations
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.You shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.

So ye shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments, and do them; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord your God.

And ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah.

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments: which if a man doeth, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh.

and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them; I am Jehovah.
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