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Leviticus 20:24

Identity and self-worth

22 You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.

23 You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since 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 peoples.

25 You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these 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.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since 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 peoples.
KJV
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.
WEB
But I have said to you, “You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
ASV
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples.
DARBY
And I have said unto you, Ye shall possess their land, and I will give it unto you for a possession; a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Jehovah your God, who have separated you from the peoples.
BLB
And I have said to you⁺ that you⁺ shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you⁺ to possess it—a land flowing with milk and honey. I [am] YHWH your⁺ God, who has separated you⁺ from the peoples.
ÅB
og jeg sa til dere: Dere skal ta deres land i eie, og jeg vil gi dere det til eiendom, et land som flyter med melk og honning; jeg er Herren deres Gud, som har skilt dere ut fra folkene.
OTB
Men jeg har sagt til dere: “Dere skal arve deres land; jeg vil gi det til dere som en arv, et land som flyter av melk og honning.” Jeg er Herren deres Gud, som har satt dere adskilt fra nasjonene.
B1930
og jeg sa til eder: I skal ta deres land i eie, og jeg vil gi eder det til eiendom, et land som flyter med melk og honning; jeg er Herren eders Gud, som har skilt eder ut fra folkene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 14:2

    for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

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  • Exodus 3:8

    I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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  • Exodus 6:8

    And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”

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  • Exodus 3:17

    And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’

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  • Deuteronomy 7:6

    For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

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  • Exodus 33:16

    For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

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  • Leviticus 20:26

    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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  • 1 Kings 8:53

    For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”

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