Leviticus 20:7

Leviticus 20:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

Context of Leviticus 20:7

5then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. 6— And the soul that turneth unto necromancers and unto soothsayers, to go a whoring after them, I will set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. Hallow yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Jehovah your God. 8And ye shall observe my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who hallow you. 9Whatever man revileth his father and his mother shall certainly be put to death: he hath reviled his father and his mother; his blood is upon him.

Leviticus 20:7 word by word

וְהִ֨תְקַדִּשְׁתֶּ֔ם וִהְיִיתֶ֖ם קְדֹשִׁ֑ים כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• holyקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Leviticus 20:7

• Leviticus 11:44For I am Jehovah your God; and ye shall hallow yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean through any manner of crawling thing which creepeth on the earth.
• Leviticus 19:2Speak unto all the assembly of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Holy shall ye be, for I Jehovah your God am holy.
• Ephesians 1:4according as he has chosen us in him before [the] world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love;
• Colossians 3:12Put on therefore, as [the] elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
• 1 Thessalonians 4:3For this is [the] will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;
• Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord:
• 1 Peter 1:15but as he who has called you is holy, be ye also holy in all [your] conversation;

Commentaries on Leviticus 20:7

• 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

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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