Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the LORD, who makes you holy. New Living Translation Keep all my decrees by putting them into practice, for I am the LORD who makes you holy. English Standard Version Keep my statutes and do them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Berean Standard Bible And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you. King James Bible And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you. New King James Version And you shall keep My statutes, and perform them: I am the LORD who sanctifies you. New American Standard Bible So you shall keep My statutes and practice them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you. NASB 1995 ‘You shall keep My statutes and practice them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you. NASB 1977 ‘And you shall keep My statutes and practice them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Legacy Standard Bible And you shall keep My statutes and do them; I am Yahweh who makes you holy. Amplified Bible You shall keep My statutes and do them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Christian Standard Bible Keep my statutes and do them; I am the LORD who sets you apart. Holman Christian Standard Bible Keep My statutes and do them; I am Yahweh who sets you apart.” American Standard Version And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you. Contemporary English Version I have chosen you as my people, and I expect you to obey my laws. English Revised Version And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you. GOD'S WORD® Translation Obey my laws, and live by them. I am the LORD who sets you apart as holy. Good News Translation Obey my laws, because I am the LORD and I make you holy." International Standard Version Keep my statutes and observe them. I am the LORD, who has set you apart." Majority Standard Bible And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you. NET Bible You must be sure to obey my statutes. I am the LORD who sanctifies you. New Heart English Bible You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Webster's Bible Translation And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD who sanctify you. World English Bible You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am Yahweh who sanctifies you. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand you have kept My statutes and have done them; I [am] YHWH, sanctifying you. Young's Literal Translation and ye have kept My statutes and have done them; I am Jehovah, sanctifying you. Smith's Literal Translation And ye watched my laws, and ye did them: I Jehovah consecrating you. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleKeep my precepts, and do them. I am the Lord that sanctify you. Catholic Public Domain Version Observe my precepts, and do them. I am the Lord, who sanctifies you. New American Bible Be careful, therefore, to observe my statutes. I, the LORD, make you holy. New Revised Standard Version Keep my statutes, and observe them; I am the LORD; I sanctify you. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou shall keep my commandments and do them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Keep my commands and do them. I AM LORD JEHOVAH, I who hallow you. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And keep ye My statutes, and do them: I am the LORD who sanctify you. Brenton Septuagint Translation And ye shall observe my ordinances, and do them: I am the Lord that sanctifies you. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Punishments for Disobedience…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. 9If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.… Cross References Exodus 31:13 “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Leviticus 11:44-45 For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground. / For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore 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. Leviticus 22:31-33 You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD. / You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you, / who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.” Deuteronomy 7:6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth. Deuteronomy 28:9 The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways. 1 Peter 1:15-16 But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, / for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” 1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness. Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord. 1 Corinthians 1:2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: 1 Corinthians 6:11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 2 Corinthians 7:1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Romans 6:19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness. Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 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 Treasury of Scripture And you shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you. And ye Leviticus 18:4,5 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God… Leviticus 19:37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD. Matthew 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. sanctify Leviticus 21:8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy. Exodus 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. Ezekiel 20:12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. Jump to Previous Decrees Follow Hallow Holy Kept Makes Observe Practice Rules Sanctifies Sanctifieth Sanctify Sanctifying StatutesJump to Next Decrees Follow Hallow Holy Kept Makes Observe Practice Rules Sanctifies Sanctifieth Sanctify Sanctifying StatutesLeviticus 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 And you shall keep My statutes This phrase begins with a command, emphasizing the importance of obedience to God's laws. The Hebrew word for "keep" is "shamar," which means to guard, protect, or observe. It implies a diligent and careful attention to God's statutes, which are His decrees or laws. In the historical context of ancient Israel, these statutes were given to set the Israelites apart as a holy nation, distinct from the surrounding pagan cultures. The call to "keep" these statutes is a call to faithfulness and commitment to God's covenant. and practice them I am the LORD who sanctifies you Hebrew And you shall keepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ (ū·šə·mar·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to My statutes חֻקֹּתַ֔י (ḥuq·qō·ṯay) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute and practice them. וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם (wa·‘ă·śî·ṯem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 6213: To do, make 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 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel who sanctifies you. מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ (mə·qad·diš·ḵem) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 6942: To be set apart or consecrated Links Leviticus 20:8 NIVLeviticus 20:8 NLT Leviticus 20:8 ESV Leviticus 20:8 NASB Leviticus 20:8 KJV Leviticus 20:8 BibleApps.com Leviticus 20:8 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 20:8 Chinese Bible Leviticus 20:8 French Bible Leviticus 20:8 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 20:8 You shall keep my statutes and do (Le Lv Lev.) |
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