The Meaning of Leviticus 18:26 Explained

Leviticus 18:26

KJV: 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:

YLT: and ye -- ye have kept My statutes and My judgments, and do not any of all these abominations, the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst,

Darby: But ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of all these abominations: the home-born, and the stranger that sojourneth among you;

ASV: Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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: 

What does Leviticus 18:26 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 18

1  Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts

What do the individual words in Leviticus 18:26 mean?

Therefore shall keep You - My statutes and My judgments and not shall commit any of abominations these [either] any of your own nation or any stranger who dwells among you
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם אַתֶּ֗ם אֶת־ חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־ מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י וְלֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ מִכֹּ֥ל הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֖ת הָאֵ֑לֶּה הָֽאֶזְרָ֔ח וְהַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם  Therefore  shall  keep 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
חֻקֹּתַי֙  My  statutes 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: חֻקָּה  
Sense: statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed.
מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י  My  judgments 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
וְלֹ֣א  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תַעֲשׂ֔וּ  shall  commit 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
מִכֹּ֥ל  any 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֖ת  of  abominations 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: תֹּועֵבָה  
Sense: a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable.
הָאֵ֑לֶּה  these 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
הָֽאֶזְרָ֔ח  [either]  any  of  your  own  nation 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶזְרָח  
Sense: a native (one rising from the soil).
וְהַגֵּ֖ר  or  any  stranger 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֵּר  
Sense: sojourner.
הַגָּ֥ר  who  dwells 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: גּוּר 
Sense: to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be a stranger, be continuing, surely.
בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם  among  you 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine plural
Root: תָּוֶךְ  
Sense: midst, middle.