Leviticus 19:3 (YLT)

Passage

`Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Leviticus 19:2 `Speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Ye are holy, for holy <FI>am<Fi> I, Jehovah, your God.

Leviticus 19:3 `Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 19:4 `Ye do not turn unto the idols, and a molten god ye do not make to yourselves; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 19:5 `And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, at your pleasure ye do sacrifice it;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "each", "mother", "father", "fear", "sabbaths", "keep", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "each" and "mother", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Speak unto all the company of the..." into verse 4's "Ye do not turn unto the idols...", so "each" and "mother" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "each" and "mother" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.