KJV ORIGINAL
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
So you must carefully follow my commands and obey them. I am the LORD.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is telling His people to take His commands seriously and actually follow through with obeying them because He is the LORD who has authority over them.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes at the end of instructions God gave Moses about maintaining holiness among the priests and in worship practices. The Israelites had recently been freed from Egypt and were learning how to live as God's chosen people in the wilderness. These commands were part of establishing their identity as a nation set apart for God.
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