Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. New Living Translation So set yourselves apart to be holy, for I am the LORD your God. English Standard Version Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God. Berean Standard Bible Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. King James Bible Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. New King James Version Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God. New American Standard Bible You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the LORD your God. NASB 1995 ‘You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the LORD your God. NASB 1977 ‘You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the LORD your God. Legacy Standard Bible Therefore, you shall set yourselves apart as holy and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God. Amplified Bible You shall consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the LORD your God. Christian Standard Bible Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am the LORD your God. Holman Christian Standard Bible Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God. American Standard Version Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am Jehovah your God. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Be sanctified and be Holy Ones, because I AM LORD JEHOVAH your God. Brenton Septuagint Translation And ye shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. Contemporary English Version Dedicate yourselves to me and be holy because I am the LORD your God. Douay-Rheims Bible Sanctify yourselves, and be ye holy because I am the Lord your God. English Revised Version Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Live holy lives. Be holy because I am the LORD your God. Good News Translation Keep yourselves holy, because I am the LORD your God. International Standard Version Therefore, separate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. JPS Tanakh 1917 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am the LORD your God. Literal Standard Version And you have sanctified yourselves, and you have been holy, for I [am] your God YHWH; Majority Standard Bible Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. New American Bible Sanctify yourselves, then, and be holy; for I, the LORD, your God, am holy. NET Bible "'You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. New Revised Standard Version Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the LORD your God. New Heart English Bible "'Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the LORD your God. Webster's Bible Translation Sanctify yourselves therefore and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. World English Bible “‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God. Young's Literal Translation And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I am Jehovah your God; Additional Translations ... Context Punishments for Disobedience…6Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people. 7Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. 8And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.… Cross References Ephesians 1:4 For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love 1 Peter 1:16 for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy." Leviticus 19:2 "Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy. Joshua 24:19 But Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins. Treasury of Scripture Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be you holy: for I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 11:44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Leviticus 19:2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. Ephesians 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Colossians 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 1 Thessalonians 4:3,7 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: … Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Jump to Previous Consecrate Hallow Holy Sanctified Sanctify YourselvesJump to Next Consecrate Hallow Holy Sanctified Sanctify YourselvesLeviticus 20 1. Of him who gives his seed to Moloch4. Of him who favors such an one 6. Of going to wizards 7. Of sanctification 9. Of him who curses his parents 11. Of incest 13. Of sodomy 15. Of bestiality 18. Of uncleanness 22. Obedience is required with holiness 27. Wizards must be put to death (7, 8) Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy.--Rather, Ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy, as the same phrase is rendered in the Authorised Version in Leviticus 11:44. Though it is immaterial which of the two renderings is adopted, it is important that it should be the same in both passages, since the phrase is exactly the same in the original. It is only by keeping the Divine ordinances that the Israelites will attain to that state of holiness which will not only arm them to resist the abominable rites and idolatrous practices denounced in the foregoing verses, but which will enable them to reflect the holiness of their Lord.Verses 7, 8. - A positive command, Sanctify yourselves therefore, and he ye holy: for I am the Lord your God, is introduced early in the list of penalties to show what is the main purpose of the latter. The only way in which the nation can recover holiness lost by the sins of its members, is by the punishment of the latter, or by their purification by means of sacrifice, according to the nature of the offense. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Consecrate yourselves,וְהִ֨תְקַדִּשְׁתֶּ֔ם (wə·hiṯ·qad·diš·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 6942: To be set apart or consecrated therefore, and be וִהְיִיתֶ֖ם (wih·yî·ṯem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be holy, קְדֹשִׁ֑ים (qə·ḏō·šîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary for כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction I אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I am the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH your God. אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links Leviticus 20:7 NIVLeviticus 20:7 NLT Leviticus 20:7 ESV Leviticus 20:7 NASB Leviticus 20:7 KJV Leviticus 20:7 BibleApps.com Leviticus 20:7 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 20:7 Chinese Bible Leviticus 20:7 French Bible Leviticus 20:7 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore and be holy (Le Lv Lev.) |
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