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Leviticus 22:31

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Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord.
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  1. Deuteronomy 4:40Rank 1 from verse 31
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    40Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.

  2. Leviticus 19:37Rank 2 from verse 31
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    37Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord.

  3. Numbers 15:40Rank 3 from verse 31
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    40That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

  4. 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2Rank 4 from verse 31
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    1FURTHERMORE then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

    2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

  5. Leviticus 18:4–5Rank 5 from verse 31
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    4Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.

    5Ye 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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Leviticus 22:31

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

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commandments

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Commands, orders, or prescribed requirements issued by one who commands.

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30On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the Lord.

31Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord.

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32Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the Lord which hallow you,

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