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

5But the Lord himself will become an enemy of the man and of his family. The Lord will send him away with all the people who worship the god called Molech. 6A person must not ask someone who does magic for help. They are turning away from the Lord. He will send them away from his people. The people must be holy. I am the Lord your God. 8They must always obey all my rules. I am the Lord who makes them holy. 9If a person says bad things about his mother or his father, you must kill him. He has destroyed their honour. His sin will cause his death.

Leviticus 20:7 word by word

וְהִ֨תְקַדִּשְׁתֶּ֔ם וִהְיִיתֶ֖ם קְדֹשִׁ֑ים כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sanctifyקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• yourselves therefore, and be ye holyקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Leviticus 20:7

• Leviticus 11:44God says, “I am the Lord your God. I am holy. Make yourselves holy. Do not touch any small animal that moves across the ground. If you do, you will not be clean or holy
• Leviticus 19:2‘Speak to Israel's people. They must be holy because I am holy. You must tell them that.
• Ephesians 1:4Before God made the world, he chose us to be his people because of Christ. He chose us so that we would please him. Because we belong to Christ, God accepts us as completely good. This shows how much he loves us.
• Colossians 3:12God has chosen you to be his own special people. You belong to him and he loves you very much. So this is how you should live: Be kind to other people and help them. Do not think that you are better than other people. Instead, respect them and be patient with them.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:3This is how God wants you to live: As his own people, he wants you to be completely good. So you must not have sex in a way that is wrong.
• Hebrews 12:14Do everything that you can to live in peace with other people. Make yourself separate from bad things. Nobody will see the Lord unless their life is good and clean.
• 1 Peter 1:15God has chosen you to be his own people. He is completely good. So you must be completely good too, in the way that you live.

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

Topics related to Leviticus 20:7

• Holiness
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• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
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• Holiness
• Law in the Old Testament

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