Leviticus 19:2 KJV — MannaFest

Leviticus 19:2

Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.

KJV

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ASV

Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy; for I Jehovah your God am holy.

WEB

“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

YLT

`Speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Ye are holy, for holy am I, Jehovah, your God.

DBT

Speak unto all the assembly of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Holy shall ye be, for I Jehovah yourGod am holy.

About this book

Old Testament

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Leviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.

Author: Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
Date: Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)

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Cross-references

26 verses on the floor

1 Peter 1:16
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Matthew 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Leviticus 11:44–45
For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Leviticus 20:7
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.
1 Peter 1:15–16
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

Many of the precepts here given they had received before, but it was requisite that they should be repeated, that they might be remembered. Precept must be upon precept, and line upon line, and all little enough. It is required that Israel be a holy people, because the God of Israel is a holy God,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

And this is now the law of Christ (the Lord bring every thought within us into obedience to it!) You shall be holy, for I am holy, 1 Pet. i. We are the followers of the holy Jesus, and therefore must be, according to our capacity, consecrated to God's honour, and conformed to his nature and will. Israel was sanctified by the types and shadows ( ch. xx.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The will of God in the Old as well as the New Testament Church was not locked up in the repositories of an unknown tongue, but communicated plainly and openly to the people.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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The quotation web

Quoted in 1PE 1:16
'Be ye holy; for I am holy' ('it is written')

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Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H6918116× in canon H5712149× in canon

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LEV 19:2MAT 5:48 1PE 1:15-16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LEV 19:2MAT 5:48 JAS 1:4
LEV 19:2MAT 5:48 DEU 18:13
LEV 19:2MAT 5:48 LUK 6:36
LEV 19:2MAT 5:48 EPH 5:1-2
LEV 19:2LEV 20:7 LEV 11:44
LEV 19:2LEV 20:7 EPH 1:4
LEV 19:2LEV 20:7 COL 3:12

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