Leviticus 20:26
Therefore shall ye be unto me, holy persons, for, holy, am, I—Yahweh,—Therefore have I distinguished you from the peoples, that ye may be mine.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Leviticus 19:2Speak unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel and thou shalt say unto them—Holy, shall ye be,—For holy, am I—Yahweh—your God
Leviticus 20:8Therefore shall ye observe my statutes, and do them,—I—Yahweh, am he that is hallowing you.
Deuteronomy 7:6For a holy people, art thou unto Yahweh thy God: of thee, hath Yahweh thy God, made choice, that thou shouldest become his people as a treasure, above all the peoples that are on the face of the ground:
Deuteronomy 26:18And, Yahweh, hath avowed to-day that thou shalt be, his people, as a treasure, as he spake unto thee,—and that thou shalt observe all his commandments;
Psalms 99:5Exalt Yahweh our God, And bow down at his footstool, Holy, is he!
Isaiah 6:3And they continued crying out one to another, and said, Holy—holy—holy, is Yahweh of hosts,—the fulness of the whole earth, is his glory.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 20:23-27
22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. 23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. 24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people. 25 Ye… Read the whole commentary →