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“I will condemn people who turn to mediums and psychics and chase after them as though they were prostitutes. I will exclude them from the people. 7“Live holy lives. Be holy because I am the Lord your God. Obey my laws, and live by them. I am the Lord who sets you apart as holy. 9“Whoever curses his father or mother must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother and deserves to die. 10“If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife or with his neighbor’s wife, both he and the woman must be put to death for their adultery.

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 18:4Follow my rules, and live by my standards. I am the Lord your God.
• Leviticus 19:37“Obey all my laws and all my rules, and live by them. I am the Lord.”
• Matthew 5:19So whoever sets aside any command that seems unimportant and teaches others to do the same will be unimportant in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does and teaches what the commands say will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
• Matthew 7:24“Therefore, everyone who hears what I say and obeys it will be like a wise person who built a house on rock.
• Matthew 12:50Whoever does what my Father in heaven wants is my brother and sister and mother.”
• John 13:17If you understand all of this, you are blessed whenever you follow my example.
• James 1:22Do what God’s word says. Don’t merely listen to it, or you will fool 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 go through the gates into the city.
• Leviticus 21:8Be holy because you offer the food of your God. Be holy because I, the Lord, am holy. I set you apart as holy.
• Exodus 31:13“Say to the Israelites, ‘Be sure to observe my days of rest as holy days. This will be a sign between me and you for generations to come so that you will know that I am the Lord who makes you holy.
• Ezekiel 20:12I also gave them certain days to worship me as a sign between us so that they would know that I, the Lord, made them holy.
• Ezekiel 37:28Then the nations will know that I, the Lord, have set Israel apart as holy, because my holy place will be among them permanently.’ ”
• 1 Corinthians 1:30You are partners with Christ Jesus because of God. Jesus has become our wisdom sent from God, our approval, our holiness, and our ransom from sin.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:23May the God who gives peace make you holy in every way. May he keep your whole being—spirit, soul, and body—blameless when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13We always have to thank God for you, brothers and sisters. You are loved by the Lord and we thank God that in the beginning he chose you to be saved through a life of spiritual devotion and faith 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