Leviticus 20:8

Leviticus 20:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you.
• New International Version (NIV)Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Keep my statutes and do them; I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall keep My statutes, and perform them: I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

Context of Leviticus 20:8

6“Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people. 7Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am the Lord your God. Keep my statutes and do them; I am the Lord who sets you apart. 9“If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his death is his own fault. 10“If a man commits adultery with a married woman — if he commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife — both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

Leviticus 20:8 word by word

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ אֶת־חֻקֹּתַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And ye shall keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• my statutesחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• and doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• which sanctifyקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942

Cross-references for Leviticus 20:8

• Leviticus 18:4You are to practice my ordinances and you are to keep my statutes by following them; I am the Lord your God.
• Leviticus 19:37Keep all my statutes and all my ordinances and do them; I am the Lord.”
• Matthew 5:19Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
• Matthew 7:24“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
• Matthew 12:50For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
• John 13:17If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
• James 1:22But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
• Revelation 22:14“Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.
• Leviticus 21:8You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, the Lord who sets you apart, am holy.
• Exodus 31:13“Tell the Israelites: You must observe my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you will know that I am the Lord who consecrates you.
• Ezekiel 20:12I also gave them my Sabbaths to serve as a sign between me and them, so that they would know that I am the Lord who consecrates them.
• Ezekiel 37:28When my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel.’”
• 1 Corinthians 1:30It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us — our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption —
• 1 Thessalonians 5:23Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. And may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

Commentaries on Leviticus 20:8

• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-197-19. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy--The minute specification of the incestuous and unnatural crimes here enumerated shows their sad prevalence amongst the idolatrous nations around, and the extreme proneness of the Israelites to follow the customs of their neighbors. It is to be understood, that, whenever mention is made that the offender was "to be put to death" without describing the mode, stoning is meant. The only instance of another…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 20:8

• Obedience
• Sanctification

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Commentaries on Leviticus 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings