Leviticus 20:7
And you have sanctified yourselves, and you have been holy, for I [am] your God YHWH;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
In Context
8and you have kept My statutes and have done them; I [am] YHWH, sanctifying you.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:45for I [am] YHWH who am bringing you up out of the land of Egypt to become your God; and you have been holy, for I [am] holy.
Leviticus 21:8and you have sanctified him, for he is bringing the bread of your God near. He is holy to you, for I, YHWH, sanctifying you, [am] holy.
Leviticus 21:23only, he does not come toward the veil, and he does not draw near to the altar; for blemish [is] in him; and he does not defile My sanctuaries; for I [am] YHWH, sanctifying them.”
Ephesians 1:4according as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,
Colossians 3:12Put on, therefore, as chosen ones of God, holy and beloved, yearnings of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,
1 Thessalonians 4:7for God did not call us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 20:2-10
Moral Laws. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.… Read the whole commentary →