Leviticus 20:26

26 You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.

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Leviticus 20:26 in Other Translations

26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

ESV

26 You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.

NLT

26 You must be holy because I, the LORD, am holy. I have set you apart from all other people to be my very own.

MSG

26 Live holy lives before me because I, God, am holy. I have distinguished you from the nations to be my very own.

CSB

26 You are to be holy to Me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be Mine.

Leviticus 20:26 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 20:26

And ye shall be holy unto me
Separated from all unclean persons and things, and devoted to his service, and obedient to all his commands, and so live holy lives and conversations, according to his will, and to his honour and glory: for I the Lord [am] holy;
and therefore they, his people, should be like him, and imitate him, and observe those things which are agreeable to his holy nature and will, and yield a cheerful obedience to his holy precepts: and have severed you from [other] people, that ye should be mine;
which is a very forcible argument, a strong motive, and which laid them under great obligation to obedience and holiness.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Leviticus 20:26 In-Context

24 But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the nations.

25 “ ‘You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds. Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground—those that I have set apart as unclean for you.

26 You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.

27 “ ‘A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.’ ”

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1. Deuteronomy 14:2
2. ver 8; Leviticus 19:2; Joshua 24:19; 2 Kings 19:22; Psalms 99:3
3. S Exodus 33:16

Leviticus 20:26

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Leviticus 20:26 in Other Translations

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