Leviticus 20:7
Sanctifie your selues therefore, and be holie, for I am the Lord your God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
In Context
8Keepe ye therefore mine ordinances, and doe them. I am the Lord which doeth sanctifie you.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:45For I am the Lord that brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to be your God, and that you should be holy, for I am holy.
Leviticus 21:8Thou shalt sanctifie him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy vnto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctifie you, am holy.
Leviticus 21:23But he shall not goe in vnto the vaile, nor come neere the altar, because hee hath a blemish, least he pollute my Sanctuaries: for I am the Lord that sanctifie them.
Ephesians 1:4As hee hath chosen vs in him, before the foundation of the worlde, that we should be holy, and without blame before him in loue:
Colossians 3:12Now therfore as the elect of God holy and beloued, put on the bowels of mercies, kindnesse, humblenesse of minde, meekenesse, long suffering:
1 Thessalonians 4:7For God hath not called vs vnto vncleannesse, but vnto holinesse.
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 →