Leviticus 20:26

God's holiness Identity and self-worth

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.

²⁵ Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

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.

²⁷ A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: You shall be holy to me, for I, the LORD, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
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.
DARBY: And ye shall be holy unto me; for I Jehovah am holy, and have separated you from the peoples to be mine.
BLB: And you⁺ shall be holy to Me, for I, YHWH, [am] holy; and I have separated you⁺ from the peoples, that you should be unto Me.

ÅB: Dere skal være hellige for meg; for jeg, Herren, er hellig, og jeg har skilt dere ut fra folkene, for at dere skal høre meg til.
OTB: Dere skal være hellige for meg fordi jeg, Herren, er hellig, og jeg har satt dere adskilt fra nasjonene for å være mine egne.
B1930: I skal være hellige for mig; for jeg, Herren, er hellig, og jeg har skilt eder ut fra folkene, forat I skal høre mig til.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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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Leviticus 20:7
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
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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.
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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.
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Deuteronomy 7:6
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
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Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
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Deuteronomy 26:18–19
And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
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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.
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