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Selected Verse: Leviticus 18:5 - King James

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Le 18:5 King James Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them--A special blessing was promised to the Israelites on condition of their obedience to the divine law; and this promise was remarkably verified at particular eras of their history, when pure and undefiled religion prevailed among them, in the public prosperity and domestic happiness enjoyed by them as a people. Obedience to the divine law always, indeed, ensures temporal advantages; and this, doubtless, was the primary meaning of the words, "which if a man do, he shall live in them." But that they had a higher reference to spiritual life is evident from the application made of them by our Lord (Luk 10:28) and the apostle (Rom 10:2).
 
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2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.