Leviticus 20:7

But you shall be sanctified, and be holy; for I am your God.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6And the man who turneth away after impostors and diviners to wander after them, I will set My displeasure upon that man, and will cut him off from among his people.

8And you shall observe My statutes, and do them: I am the Lord who sanctify you.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:45For I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Mizraim to be unto you a God; and you shall be holy, for I am Holy.

Leviticus 21:8Thou shalt consecrate him, for he is to offer the oblation of thy God: he shall be sacred to thee; for I the Lord, who sanctify you, am Holy.

Leviticus 21:23Only he shall not enter within the veil, nor approach the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not My sanctuary; for I am the Lord who 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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