Leviticus 20:7

Geneva Bible

Sanctifie your selues therefore, and be holie, for I am the Lorde your God.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the LORD your God.

King James Version
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.

Lexham English Bible
"‘And you shall consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy, because I am Yahweh your God.

New Century Version
"‘Be my holy people. Be holy because I am the Lord your God.

New English Translation
"‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.

Amplified Bible
'You shall consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the LORD your God.

New American Standard Bible
'You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore, you shall set yourselves apart as holy and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God.

Contemporary English Version
Dedicate yourselves to me and be holy because I am the Lord your God.

Complete Jewish Bible
Therefore consecrate yourselves — you people must be holy, because I am Adonai your God.

Darby Translation
Hallow yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Jehovah your God.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Be special. Make yourselves holy, because I am the Lord your God.

English Standard Version
Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

George Lamsa Translation
Sanctify yourselves, therefore, and be holy; for I am the LORD your God.

Good News Translation
Keep yourselves holy, because I am the Lord your God.

Christian Standard Bible®
Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

Literal Translation
And you shall sanctify yourselves, and you shall be holy, for I am Jehovah your God;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Sanctifie youre selues therfore, & be holy: for I am holy euen youre God.

American Standard Version
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am Jehovah your God.

Bible in Basic English
So make and keep yourselves holy, for I am the Lord your God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Sanctifie your selues therefore and be holy: for I am the Lorde your God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am the LORD your God.

King James Version (1611)
Sanctifie your selues therefore, and bee yee holy: for I am the Lord your God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

English Revised Version
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.

Berean Standard Bible
Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Be ye halewid, and be ye hooli, for Y am hooli, youre Lord God.

Young's Literal Translation
`And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I [am] Jehovah your God;

Update Bible Version
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.

Webster's Bible Translation
Sanctify yourselves therefore and be ye holy: for I [am] the LORD your God.

World English Bible
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.

New King James Version
Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

New Living Translation
So set yourselves apart to be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

New Life Bible
So you should set yourselves apart and be holy. For I am the Lord your God.

New Revised Standard
Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the Lord your God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore shall ye hallow yourselves and be holy, - Because I - Yahweh, am your God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Sanctify yourselves, and be ye holy: because I am the Lord your God.

Revised Standard Version
Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the LORD your God.

THE MESSAGE
"Set yourselves apart for a holy life. Live a holy life, because I am God , your God. Do what I tell you; live the way I tell you. I am the God who makes you holy.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

Contextual Overview

¹ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, ² Thou shalt say also to the children of Israel, Whosoeuer he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that dwell in Israel, that giueth his children vnto Molech, he shal die the death, ye people of ye land shall stone him to death. ³ And I will set my face against that man and cut him off from among his people, because he hath giuen his children vnto Molech, for to defile my Sanctuarie, and to pollute mine holye Name. ⁴ And if the people of the lande hide their eyes, and winke at that man when he giueth his children vnto Molech, and kill him not, ⁵ Then will I set my face against that man, and against his familie, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him to comit whoredome with Molech, from among their people. ⁶ If any turne after such as worke with spirits, and after soothsayers, to go a whoring after them, then will I set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people. ⁷ Sanctifie your selues therefore, and be holie, for I am the Lorde your God. ⁸ Keepe ye therefore mine ordinances, and doe them. I am the Lorde which doeth sanctifie you. ⁹ If there be any that curseth his father or his mother, he shall die the death: seeing hee hath cursed his father and his mother, his blood shalbe vpon him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 11:44, Leviticus 19:2, Ephesians 1:4, Philippians 2:12, Philippians 2:13, Colossians 3:12, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:7, Hebrews 12:14, 1 Peter 1:15, 1 Peter 1:16

Reciprocal: Leviticus 18:2 - General Leviticus 19:31 - General Leviticus 20:26 - the Lord Leviticus 21:8 - for I Joshua 3:5 - Sanctify 1 Samuel 16:5 - sanctify yourselves Ezekiel 20:7 - I am Ezekiel 37:23 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of knowledge of good and euill, thou shalt not eate of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die the death.

Genesis 12:15
And the Princes of Pharaoh sawe her, and commended her vnto Pharaoh: so the woman was taken into Pharaohs house:

Genesis 12:17
But the Lorde plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wife.

Genesis 20:1
Afterward Abraham departed thence toward the South countrey and dwelled betweene Cadesh and Shur, and soiourned in Gerar.

Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. Then Abimelech King of Gerar sent and tooke Sarah.

Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dreame by night, and said to him, Beholde, thou art but dead, because of the woman, which thou hast taken: for she is a mans wife.

Genesis 20:4
(Notwithstanding Abimelech had not yet come neere her) And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay euen the righteous nation?

Genesis 20:5
Said not he vnto me, She is my sister? yea, and she her selfe said, He is my brother: with an vpright minde, and innocent handes haue I done this.

Genesis 20:6
And God saide vnto him by a dreame, I knowe that thou diddest this euen with an vpright minde, and I kept thee also that thou shouldest not sinne against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touche her.

Genesis 20:9
Afterward Abimelech called Abraham, and said vnto him, What hast thou done vnto vs? and what haue I offeded thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdome this great sinne? thou hast done things vnto me that ought not to be done.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Sanctify yourselves therefore,.... By abstaining from such impious and idolatrous practices, and separating themselves from all that gave into them, as well as by observing the holy commandments of the Lord; otherwise internal sanctification is not the work of man, but of the Lord himself, as in Leviticus 20:8:

and be ye holy; or a separate people from all others in worship and conversation:

for I [am] the Lord your God; who is a holy God, and therefore it became them to be holy, in imitation of him, Leviticus 19:2.