Leviticus 20:7
Therefore shall ye hallow yourselves and be holy,—Because I—Yahweh, am your God.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
In Context
8Therefore shall ye observe my statutes, and do them,—I—Yahweh, am he that is hallowing you.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:45for, I—Yahweh, am he that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, that I might become your God,—therefore shall ye be holy, for, holy, am, I.
Leviticus 21:8Therefore shalt thou hold him as holy, for the food of thy God, doth he bring near,—Holy, shall he be to thee, For, holy, am I—Yahweh, who am making you holy.
Leviticus 21:23Only, unto the veil, shall he not come in and unto the altar, shall he not approach—because, a blemish, is in him, so shall he not profane my sanctuaries, For, I—Yahweh, am hallowing them.
Ephesians 1:4According as he made choice of us, in him, before the founding of a world, that we might be holy and blameless in his presence; in love,
Colossians 3:12Put on, therefore, as men chosen of God, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, graciousness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,
1 Thessalonians 4:7For God did not call us, with a permission of impurity, 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 →