Numbers 15:40
That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
Numbers 15:40 in other translations
| BSB | Then you will remember and obey all My commandments, and you will be holy to your God. |
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| WEB | so that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God. |
| ASV | that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. |
| YLT | so that ye remember and have done all My commands, and ye have been holy to your God; |
| DARBY | that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. |
| BBE | And that you may keep in mind all my orders and do them and be holy to your God. |
| Webster | That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God. |
What does Numbers 15:40 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 15:37-41
The people are ordered by the Lord to make fringes on the borders of their garments. The Jews were distinguished from their neighbours in their dress, as well as in their diet, and thus taught not to be conformed to the way of the heathen in other things. They proclaimed themselves Jews wherever they were, as not ashamed of God and his law. The fringes were not appointed for trimming and adorning their clothes, but…
Numbers 15:40 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 15:40
- Romans 12:1
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
- Leviticus 11:44-45
For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
- 1 Peter 1:15-16
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
- Colossians 1:2
To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Leviticus 19:2
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.
- Ephesians 1:4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
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- Numbers 15:39
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
- Numbers 15:40
That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
- Numbers 15:41
I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.
Numbers 15:40 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Para que os acordéis, y hagáis todos mis mandamientos, y seáis santos á vuestro Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | afin que vous vous souveniez de tous mes commandements, et que vous les fassiez, et que vous soyez saints, consacrés à votre Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | damit ihr aller meiner Gebote gedenket und sie tuet, und heilig seiet eurem Gott. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | sed magis memores præceptorum Domini faciant ea, sintque sancti Deo suo. |