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My ordinances shall you do, and my statutes shall you keep, to walk therein: I am Yahweh your God.

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God's Ways, Not the World's

Commentators emphasize that this verse commands exclusive obedience. God sets His laws ('my judgments') in direct and emphatic opposition to the corrupt practices of other nations. For believers, this means consciously choosing to follow God's standards for life and holiness, rather than conforming to the prevailing culture.

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Leviticus

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Leviticus 18:4

19th Century

Bishop

You shall do my judgments. —The expression “my judgments and my ordinances” is here used emphatically, in opposition to “their ordinances,…

John Calvin

John Calvin

On Leviticus 18:4

16th Century

Theologian

You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments. Because it is no less difficult to correct vices to which people have long been acc…

John Gill

John Gill

On Leviticus 18:4

17th Century

Pastor

You shall do my judgments
Which are just and right, and according to the rules of justice and equity; these are thin…