Leviticus 20:8

And ye shall observe my ordinances, and do them: I am the Lord that sanctifies you.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7And ye shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

9Every man who shall speak evil of his father or of his mother, let him die the death; has he spoken evil of his father or his mother? he shall be guilty.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:4Ye shall observe my judgments, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:37And ye shall keep all my law and all my ordinances, and ye shall do them: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 21:8And thou shalt hallow him; he offers the gifts of the Lord your God: he shall be holy, for I the Lord that sanctify them am holy.

Ezekiel 20:12And I gave them my Sabbaths, that they should be for a sign between me and them, that they should know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.

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 →

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