Study it in the app“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, to which I am bringing you; and you shall not walk in their statutes.”
You shall notלֹאdoתַעֲשׂוּas they doכְּמַעֲשֵׂהin the landאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםwhereאֲשֶׁר בָּהּyou lived,יְשַׁבְתֶּםand you shall notוּ לֹאdoתַעֲשׂוּas they doכְמַעֲשֵׂהin the landאֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנַעַןto whichאֲשֶׁר שָׁמָּהIאֲנִיam bringingמֵבִיאyou;אֶתְכֶםand you shall notוּ לֹאwalkתֵלֵכוּin their statutes.בְחֻקֹּתֵיהֶם
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appearswork
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshavtem” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “mevi” appearswalk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “telechu” appearsstatute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukote” appears1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
2“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: I am YHWH your Elohim.
3 · This verse (above)
4You shall do my rules and keep my statutes, walking in them. I am YHWH your Elohim.
