Leviticus 20:7
Therefore consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am Yahweh your God. + 20:7 Several modern versions have: ... because I, Yahweh your God, am holy .
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
In Context
8You must keep my commands and carry them out. I am Yahweh who sets you apart as holy.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:45For I am Yahweh, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You must therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Leviticus 21:8You will set him apart, for he is the one who offers bread to your God. He must be holy to you, because I, Yahweh who makes you holy, am holy.
Leviticus 21:23However, he must not enter inside the curtain or come near the altar, because he has a bodily defect, so that he does not defile my holy place, for I am Yahweh, who makes them holy.'”
Ephesians 1:4God chose us in him from the beginning of the world, that we may be holy and blameless in his sight in love + 1:4 Some interpreters place the phrase in love with the next sentence, Eph. 1:5 In love God chose us . .
Colossians 3:12Therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
1 Thessalonians 4:7For God did not call us to uncleanness, but to holiness.
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 →