Leviticus 20 · Verse 26

Leviticus 20:26

And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
Leviticus 20:26, King James Version

Leviticus 20:26 in other translations

BSBYou are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.
WEBYou shall be holy to me, for I, the LORD, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
ASVAnd ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.
YLTand ye have been holy to Me; for holy am I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.
DARBYAnd ye shall be holy unto me; for I Jehovah am holy, and have separated you from the peoples to be mine.
BBEAnd you are to be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy and have made you separate from the nations, so that you may be my people.
WebsterAnd ye shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

What does Leviticus 20:26 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 20:10-27

These verses repeat what had been said before, but it was needful there should be line upon line. What praises we owe to God that he has taught the evil of sin, and the sure way of deliverance from it! May we have grace to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things; may we have no fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness, but reprove them.

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Leviticus 20:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וִהְיִ֤יתֶםvih.Yi.temand you will beH1961
לִי֙lito <the> me
קְדֹשִׁ֔יםke.do.ShimholyH6918
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
קָד֖וֹשׁka.Do.osh[am] holyH6918
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וָאַבְדִּ֥לva.'av.Diland I have separatedH914
אֶתְכֶ֛ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הָֽעַמִּ֖יםha.'a.Mimthe peoplesH5971
לִהְי֥וֹתlih.Yotto belongH1961
לִֽי\׃Lito <the> me

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 20:26

  • 1 Peter 1:15-16

    But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

  • Leviticus 20:7

    Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.

  • Leviticus 20:24

    But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people.

  • Leviticus 19:2

    Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.

  • Deuteronomy 7:6

    For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

  • Titus 2:14

    Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  • Deuteronomy 26:18-19

    And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.

  • Deuteronomy 14:2

    For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

  • Revelation 4:8

    And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

  • Isaiah 6:3

    And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

  • Revelation 3:7

    And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

  • Psalms 99:9

    Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.

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the Lord.
7; 19:2; Ps 99:5,9; Isa 6:3; 30:11; 1Pe 1:15,16; Re 3:7; 4:8
severed.
24; De 7:6; 14:2; 26:18,19; Tit 2:14

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Context

  • Leviticus 20:25

    Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

  • Leviticus 20:26

    And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

  • Leviticus 20:27

    A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

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Leviticus 20:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Habéis, pues, de serme santos, porque yo Jehová soy santo, y os he apartado de los pueblos, para que seáis míos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et vous me serez saints, car je suis saint, moi, l’ Éternel; et je vous ai séparés des peuples, pour être à moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ihr sollt mir heilig sein, denn ich bin heilig, ich, Jehova; und ich habe euch von den Völkern abgesondert, um mein zu sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Eritis mihi sancti, quia sanctus sum ego Dominus, et separavi vos a ceteris populis, ut essetis mei.