Leviticus 20:26 KJV — MannaFest

Leviticus 20:26

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.

KJV

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ASV

And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.

WEB

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.

YLT

and ye have been holy to Me; for holy am I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.

DBT

And ye shall be holy unto me; for I Jehovah am holy, and have separated you from the peoples to be mine.

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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23 verses on the floor

1 Peter 1:15–16
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Leviticus 20:7
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 14:2
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Leviticus 20:24
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.
Matthew 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

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), infinitely advanced above all others. His holiness is his glory, and it was their honour to be related to him, while their neighbours were the infamous worshippers of impure and filthy spirits.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Their duty; this is inferred from their dignity. God had done more for them than for others, and therefore expected more from them than from others. And what is it that the Lord their God requires, in consideration of the great things done and designed?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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H91442× in canon H6918116× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

LEV 20:26DEU 7:6 DEU 14:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LEV 20:26LEV 19:2 1PE 1:15-16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LEV 20:26LEV 19:2 LEV 11:44-45
LEV 20:26DEU 7:6 EXO 19:5-6
LEV 20:26DEU 7:6 1PE 2:9
LEV 20:26LEV 20:7 LEV 11:44
LEV 20:26LEV 19:2 LEV 20:7
LEV 20:26LEV 20:7 LEV 19:2

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