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Leviticus 20:8

God's holinessObedience

6 Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.

7 Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

9 If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.

10 If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

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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
And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
KJV
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
WEB
You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
ASV
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.
DARBY
And ye shall observe my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who hallow you.
BLB
And you⁺ shall keep My statutes and perform them. I [am] YHWH who sanctifies you⁺.
ÅB
Og dere skal ta vare på mine lover og holde dem; jeg er Herren, som helliger dere.
OTB
Hold mine forskrifter og praktiser dem. Jeg er Herren, som helliger dere.
B1930
Og I skal ta vare på mine lover og holde dem; jeg er Herren, som helliger eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 31:13

    “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

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  • James 1:22

    Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:23

    Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • Revelation 22:14

    Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

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  • Leviticus 21:8

    You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.

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  • Matthew 7:24

    Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

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  • Matthew 5:19

    So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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  • Leviticus 19:37

    You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”

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