Leviticus 18:5

“So you shall keep my statutes and my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live. I am YHWH.”

Leviticus 18:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Quotation · Romans 10:5

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Paul quotes the second half of Leviticus 18:5 and applies it to “the righteousness that is from the law.”

Formula: Μωϋσῆς γὰρ γράφει ὅτι “for Moses writes” (Romans 10:5)

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Greek of the New Testament: Μωϋσῆς γὰρ γράφει ὅτι τὴν δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐκ τοῦ νόμου ὁ ποιήσας ἄνθρωπος ζήσεται ἐν αὐτῇ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת חֻקֹּתַי וְאֶת מִשְׁפָּטַי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם הָאָדָם וָחַי בָּהֶם אֲנִי יְהוָה

Septuagint (Leviticus 18:5 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ φυλάξεσθε πάντα τὰ προστάγματά μου καὶ πάντα τὰ κρίματα μου, καὶ ποιήσετε αὐτά· αἰ ποιήσας ἄνθρωπος ζήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς· ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 4 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Galatians 3:12

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Paul quotes without a formula the second half of Leviticus 18:5.

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Greek of the New Testament: ὁ δὲ νόμος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ πίστεως ἀλλ’ Ὁ ποιήσας αὐτὰ ζήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת חֻקֹּתַי וְאֶת מִשְׁפָּטַי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם הָאָדָם וָחַי בָּהֶם אֲנִי יְהוָה

Septuagint (Leviticus 18:5 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ φυλάξεσθε πάντα τὰ προστάγματά μου καὶ πάντα τὰ κρίματα μου, καὶ ποιήσετε αὐτά· αἰ ποιήσας ἄνθρωπος ζήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς· ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Leviticus 18:5, word by word

So you shall keepשְׁמַרְתֶּםshemartem

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

Where else “shemartem” appears
my statutesחֻקֹּתַchukota

statute

Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.

Where else “chukota” appears
my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata

rule

Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.

Where else “mishpata” appears
if a personאָדָםadam

anyone

A person; with "not", no one.

Where else “adam” appears
doesיַעֲשֶׂהyaase

carry out

To do what is commanded.

Where else “yaase” appears
he shall liveחַיchay

live

Live.

Where else “chay” appears
am YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears

Translation note

Paul quotes this sentence to explain the difference between the righteousness of the law and that of faith (Romans 10:5; Galatians 3:12).

Parallel passages

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Quotation · Romans 10:5

Paul quotes the second half of Leviticus 18:5 and applies it to “the righteousness that is from the law.”

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Leviticus 18:5

5So you shall keep my statutes and my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live. I am YHWH.

Romans 10:5

5For Moses writes that the person who does the righteousness that is from the law will live by it.

Quotation · Galatians 3:12

Paul quotes without a formula the second half of Leviticus 18:5.

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Leviticus 18:5

5So you shall keep my statutes and my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live. I am YHWH.

Galatians 3:12

12But the law is not of faith; rather, The one who does them will live by them.

The context

4You shall do my rules and keep my statutes, walking in them. I am YHWH your Elohim.

5 · This verse (above)

6None of you shall approach any close relative to uncover nakedness. I am YHWH.

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