Leviticus 20:22
in Leviticus 20You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
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ASV
Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out.
KJV
Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.
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This verse in Leviticus 20
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out - See this energetic prosopopoeia explained in the note on Lev 18:25 (note). From this we learn that the cup of the iniquities of the Canaanitish nations was full; and that, consistently with Divine justice, they could be no longer spared.
This site's exposition
Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes
on Leviticus 20:22-24
The chapter stops listing offences and gives the land a part to play. The word spue occurs twice in Leviticus, at 18:28 and here, and both times the ground is the one doing it, so the country itself is described as reacting to what happens on it. Verse 23 states the reason the nations before them were removed, that they committed all these things, and the same threat now stands over Israel on the same terms. Adam Clarke reads the warning alongside Genesis 15:16 and the cup of Canaanite iniquity coming full.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
); and there was all the reason in the world that they should, for the statutes were their honour, and obedience to them would be their lasting comfort.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The ground is here again stated on which all these laws of holiness should be obeyed. See Lev 18:24-30 note. Lev 20:24 Compare the margin reference. Lev 20:25, Lev 20:26 The distinction between clean and unclean for the whole people, and not for any mere section of it, was one great typical mark of “the kingdom of priests, the holy nation.” See the Lev 11:42 note. Lev 20:25 Any manner of living thing that creepeth - Rather, any creeping thing; that is, any vermin. See Lev 11:20-23. The reference in this verse is to dead animals, not to the creatures when alive.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם | ushemartem | and you will keep | H8104 → | 468 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חֻקֹּתַי֙ | chukotai | statutes my | H2708 → | 104 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י | mishpatai | judgments my | H4941 → | 422 times |
| וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם | vaasitem | and you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֹתָ֑ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תָקִ֤יא | taki' | it will vomit up | H6958 → | 8 times |
| אֶתְכֶם֙ | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אֲנִ֜י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| מֵבִ֥יא | mevi' | [am] about to bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶתְכֶ֛ם | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שָׁ֖מָּה | shamah | there towards | H8033 → | 834 times |
| לָשֶׁ֥בֶת | lashevet | to dwell | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בָּֽהּ׃ | bah | in <the> it |
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤םand you will keep
ushemartemH8104 →468 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
חֻקֹּתַי֙statutes my
chukotaiH2708 →104 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
מִשְׁפָּטַ֔יjudgments my
mishpataiH4941 →422 times
וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖םand you will do
vaasitemH6213 →2628 times
אֹתָ֑ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
תָקִ֤יאit will vomit up
taki'H6958 →8 times
אֶתְכֶם֙<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
הָאָ֔רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhere
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אֲנִ֜יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
מֵבִ֥יא[am] about to bring
mevi'H935 →2568 times
אֶתְכֶ֛ם<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
שָׁ֖מָּהthere towards
shamahH8033 →834 times
לָשֶׁ֥בֶתto dwell
lashevetH3427 →1079 times
בָּֽהּ׃in <the> it
bah
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 36:27And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
it leads to
- Titus 3:3–6
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- Hebrews 13:21
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Ezekiel 39:29
And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- Jeremiah 31:33
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And…
- Titus 3:3–6
Through
Psalms 119:160The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
it leads to
- Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
- 2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
- Psalms 119:144
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
- Proverbs 30:5
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.