Leviticus 20:7
'And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I [am] Jehovah your God;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
In Context
8and ye have kept My statutes and have done them; I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying you.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:45for I [am] Jehovah who am bringing you up out of the land of Egypt to become your God; and ye have been holy, for I [am] holy.
Leviticus 21:8and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy [am] I, Jehovah, sanctifying you.
Leviticus 21:23only, unto the vail he doth not enter, and unto the altar he doth not draw nigh; for blemish [is] in him; and he doth not pollute My sanctuaries; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying them.'
Ephesians 1:4according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,
Colossians 3:12Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,
1 Thessalonians 4:7for God did not call us on 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 →