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

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What Does "Live" Mean?

Commentators are divided on what “live in them” means. Some, like John Gill, see it as a promise of a long, prosperous physical life in the land of Canaan for obedience. Others, most forcefully John Calvin, argue it refers to eternal life, a view also held by later Jewish authorities.

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Leviticus

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Leviticus 18:5

18th Century

Theologian

If a man keeps the statutes (that is, the ordinances of Leviticus 18:4) and judgments of the divine law, he shall not be cut …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Leviticus 18:5

19th Century

Bishop

You shall therefore keep my statutes. Better, and you shall keep my ordinances. The word here rendered as “statu…

John Calvin

John Calvin

On Leviticus 18:5

16th Century

Theologian

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes. Although Moses introduces this passage, where he exhorts the Israelites to cultivate chastity concern…

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John Gill

John Gill

On Leviticus 18:5

17th Century

Pastor

You shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments
The same as before; these they were to keep in their minds an…