Leviticus 20:7
“‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the LORD your God.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
In Context
8You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:45For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Leviticus 21:8Therefore you shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.
Leviticus 21:23He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a defect; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
Ephesians 1:4even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,
Colossians 3:12Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
1 Thessalonians 4:7For God called us not for 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 →