Leviticus 20 · Verse 7

Leviticus 20:7

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 20:7, King James Version

Leviticus 20:7 in other translations

BSBConsecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
WEB“‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the LORD your God.
ASVSanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am Jehovah your God.
YLT‘And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I am Jehovah your God;
DARBYHallow yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Jehovah your God.
BBESo make and keep yourselves holy, for I am the Lord your God.
WebsterSanctify yourselves therefore and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.

What does Leviticus 20:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 20:7-19
7-19. 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 form of capital punishment occurs in Le 20:14, that of being burnt with fire; and yet it is probable that even here death was first inflicted by stoning, and the body of the criminal afterwards consumed by fire (Jos 7:15).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 20:1-9

Are we shocked at the unnatural cruelty of the ancient idolaters in sacrificing their children? We may justly be so. But are there not very many parents, who, by bad teaching and wicked examples, and by the mysteries of iniquity which they show their children, devote them to the service of Satan, and forward their everlasting ruin, in a manner even more to be lamented? What an account must such parents render to…

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Leviticus 20:7 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.

וְהִ֨תְקַדִּשְׁתֶּ֔םve.Hit.ka.dish.Temand you will keep yourselves holyH6942
וִהְיִיתֶ֖םvih.yi.Temand you will beH1961
קְדֹשִׁ֑יםke.do.ShimholyH6918
כִּ֛יkiforH3588
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָ֖הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם\׃'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430

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Cross references for Leviticus 20:7

  • Leviticus 11:44

    For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Ephesians 1:4

    According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

  • Colossians 3:12

    Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:7

    For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:3

    For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

  • Hebrews 12:14

    Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

  • Philippians 2:12-13

    Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11:44; 19:2; Eph 1:4; Phm 2:12,13; Col 3:12; 1Th 4:3,7; Heb 12:14
1Pe 1:15,16

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Context

  • Leviticus 20:6

    And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

  • Leviticus 20:7

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

  • Leviticus 20:8

    And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you.

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Leviticus 20:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Santificaos, pues, y sed santos, porque yo Jehová soy vuestro Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et vous vous sanctifierez et vous serez saints, car moi, je suis l’ Éternel, votre Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		So heiliget euch und seid heilig, denn ich bin Jehova, euer Gott;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sanctificamini et estote sancti, quia ego sum Dominus Deus vester.