Leviticus 18 · Verse 3

Leviticus 18:3

After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
Leviticus 18:3, King James Version

Leviticus 18:3 in other translations

BSBYou must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
WEBYou shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived. You shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes.
ASVAfter the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes.
YLTaccording to the work of the land of Egypt in which ye have dwelt ye do not, and according to the work of the land of Canaan whither I am bringing you in, ye do not, and in their statutes ye walk not.
DARBYAfter the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do; and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their customs.
BBEYou may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.
WebsterAfter the doings of the land of Egypt in which ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

What does Leviticus 18:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 18:2-4

Le 18:1-30. Unlawful Marriages. 2-4. I am the Lord your God--This renewed mention of the divine sovereignty over the Israelites was intended to bear particularly on some laws that were widely different from the social customs that obtained both in Egypt and Canaan; for the enormities, which the laws enumerated in this chapter were intended to put down, were freely practised or publicly sanctioned in both of those…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 The doings of the land of Egypt - the land of Canaan - The worshipping of demons, beasts, etc., as mentioned in the preceding chapter, Lev 17:7, and the abominations mentioned in this chapter from Lev 18:21-23.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Leviticus 18:3 in the original Hebrew

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כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֧הke.ma.'a.Sehaccording to [the] deed[s] ofH4639
אֶֽרֶץ\־'e.retz-[the] land ofH776
מִצְרַ֛יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
יְשַׁבְתֶּם\־ye.shav.tem-you dweltH3427
בָּ֖הּbahin <the> it
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תַעֲשׂ֑וּta.'a.Suyou will doH6213
וּכְמַעֲשֵׂ֣הu.khe.ma.'a.Sehand according to [the] deed[s] ofH4639
אֶֽרֶץ\־'e.retz-[the] land ofH776
כְּנַ֡עַןke.Na.'anCanaanH3667
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhereH834
אֲנִי֩'a.NiIH589
מֵבִ֨יאme.Vi'[am] about to bringH935
אֶתְכֶ֥ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
שָׁ֙מָּה֙Sha.mahthere towardsH8033
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תַעֲשׂ֔וּta.'a.Suyou will doH6213
וּבְחֻקֹּתֵיהֶ֖םu.ve.chu.ko.tei.Hemand in statutes theirH2708
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תֵלֵֽכוּ\׃te.Le.khuyou will walkH1980

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Cross references for Leviticus 18:3

  • Leviticus 20:23

    And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

  • Exodus 23:24

    Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

  • Ezekiel 20:7-8

    Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

  • Ezekiel 23:8

    Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.

  • 1 Peter 4:2-4

    That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

  • Deuteronomy 12:30-31

    Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

  • Psalms 106:35

    But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

  • Jeremiah 10:2-3

    Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

  • Romans 12:2

    And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

  • Deuteronomy 12:4

    Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God.

  • Ephesians 5:7-11

    Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. …

  • Leviticus 18:24-30

    Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) …

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the doings.
Ps 106:35; Eze 20:7,8; 23:8; Eph 5:7-11; 1Pe 4:2-4
and after.
20:23; Ex 23:24; De 12:4,30,31; Jer 10:2,3; Ro 12:2

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Context

  • Leviticus 18:2

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.

  • Leviticus 18:3

    After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

  • Leviticus 18:4

    Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.

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Leviticus 18:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No haréis como hacen en la tierra de Egipto, en la cual morasteis; ni haréis como hacen en la tierra de Canaán, á la cual yo os conduzco; ni andaréis en sus estatutos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Vous ne ferez pas ce qui se fait dans le pays d’Égypte où vous avez habité, et vous ne ferez pas ce qui se fait dans le pays de Canaan où je vous fais entrer, et vous ne marcherez pas selon leurs coutumes.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Nach dem Tun des Landes Ägypten, in welchem ihr gewohnt habt, sollt ihr nicht tun; und nach dem Tun des Landes Kanaan, wohin ich euch bringe, sollt ihr nicht tun; und in ihren Satzungen sollt ihr nicht wandeln.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
juxta consuetudinem terræ Ægypti, in qua habitastis, non facietis: et juxta morem regionis Chanaan, ad quam ego introducturus sum vos, non agetis, nec in legitimis eorum ambulabitis.