King James Version
Leviticus 19:30 in the King James Version says “Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.”
Leviticus 19:30 · KJV
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. prostitute: Heb. profane
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“Ye shall keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“my sanctuary”
H4720a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of jehovah or of idols) or asylum
“I am the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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