Leviticus 20:26

Literal Standard Version

And you have been holy to Me, for I, YHWH, [am] holy; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
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.

King James Version
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.

Lexham English Bible
And you shall be holy for me, because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have singled you out from the nations to be mine.

New Century Version
So you must be holy to me because I, the Lord , am holy, and I have set you apart from other people to be my own.

New English Translation
You must be holy to me because I, the Lord , am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.

Amplified Bible
'You are to be holy to Me; for I the LORD am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples (nations) to be Mine.

New American Standard Bible
'So you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I have singled you out from the peoples to be Mine.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore shall ye be holie vnto me: for I the Lorde am holy, and I haue separated you from other people, that ye shoulde be mine.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus you shall be holy to Me, for I Yahweh am holy; and I have separated you from the peoples to be Mine.

Contemporary English Version
I am the Lord , the holy God. You have been chosen to be my people, and so you must be holy too.

Complete Jewish Bible
Rather, you people are to be holy for me; because I, Adonai , am holy; and I have set you apart from the other peoples, so that you can belong to me.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
I have separated you from other nations to be my own special people. So you must be holy because I am the Lord , and I am holy.

English Standard Version
You shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.

George Lamsa Translation
And you shall be holy to me; for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from other peoples, that you should be mine.

Good News Translation
You shall be holy and belong only to me, because I am the Lord and I am holy. I have set you apart from the other nations so that you would belong to me alone.

Christian Standard Bible®
You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be mine.

Literal Translation
and you shall be holy to Me, for I, Jehovah, am holy; and I have set you apart from the nations to become Mine.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore shall ye be holy vnto me: for I the LORDE am holy, which haue separated you fro the nacions, that ye shulde be myne.

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
And you are to be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy and have made you separate from the nations, so that you may be my people.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore shall ye be holy vnto me, for I the Lorde am holy, and haue seuered you from other nations, that ye shoulde be myne.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And ye shall be holy unto Me; for I the LORD am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be Mine.

King James Version (1611)
And ye shal be holy vnto me: for I the Lord am holy, & haue seuered you from other people, that ye should be mine.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall be holy to me; because I the Lord your God am holy, who separated you from all nations, to be mine.

English Revised Version
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that ye should be mine.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ye schulen be hooli to me, for `Y am the hooli Lord, and Y departide you fro othere puplis, that ye schulen be myne.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye have been holy to Me; for holy [am] I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.

Update Bible Version
And you shall be holy to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.

Webster's Bible Translation
And ye shall be holy to me: for I the LORD [am] holy, and have severed you from [other] people, that ye should be mine.

World English Bible
You shall be holy to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.

New King James Version
And you shall be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.

New Living Translation
You must be holy because I, the Lord , am holy. I have set you apart from all other people to be my very own.

New Life Bible
Be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy. I have divided you from the nations, so you belong to Me.

New Revised Standard
You shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples to be mine.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore shall ye be unto me, holy persons, for, holy, am, I - Yahweh, - Therefore have I distinguished you from the peoples, that ye may be mine.

Douay-Rheims Bible
You shall be holy unto me, because I the Lord am holy: and I have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.

Revised Standard Version
You shall be holy to me; for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.

Contextual Overview

²²And you have kept all My statutes and all My judgments, and have done them, and the land does not vomit you out to where I am bringing you in to dwell in it; ²³and you do not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am sending away from before you, for they have done all these, and I am wearied with them. ²⁴And I say to you, You possess their ground, and I give it to you to possess it—a land flowing with milk and honey. I [am] your God YHWH, who has separated you from the peoples. ²⁵And you have made separation between the pure beasts and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the pure, and you do not make yourselves abominable by beast or by bird, or by anything which creeps [on] the ground which I have separated to you for unclean. ²⁶And you have been holy to Me, for I, YHWH, [am] holy; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.²⁷And a man or woman, when there is a familiar spirit in them, or who [are] wizards, are certainly put to death; they stone them with stone; their blood [is] on them."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Lord: Leviticus 20:7, Leviticus 19:2, Psalms 99:5, Psalms 99:9, Isaiah 6:3, Isaiah 30:11, 1 Peter 1:15, 1 Peter 1:16, Revelation 3:7, Revelation 4:8

severed: Leviticus 20:24, Deuteronomy 7:6, Deuteronomy 14:2, Deuteronomy 26:18, Deuteronomy 26:19, Titus 2:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:5 - are mine Exodus 19:6 - and an Leviticus 10:10 - General Leviticus 11:44 - ye shall Numbers 6:2 - When Deuteronomy 18:10 - that useth divination Malachi 2:11 - profaned Matthew 5:48 - ye 1 Thessalonians 5:23 - sanctify

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And ye shall be holy unto me,.... Separated from all unclean persons and things, and devoted to his service, and obedient to all his commands, and so live holy lives and conversations, according to his will, and to his honour and glory:

for I the Lord [am] holy; and therefore they, his people, should be like him, and imitate him, and observe those things which are agreeable to his holy nature and will, and yield a cheerful obedience to his holy precepts:

and have severed you from [other] people, that ye should be mine; which is a very forcible argument, a strong motive, and which laid them under great obligation to obedience and holiness.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The ground is here again stated on which all these laws of holiness should be obeyed. See Leviticus 18:24-30 note.

Leviticus 20:24

Compare the margin reference.

Leviticus 20:25, Leviticus 20:26

The distinction between clean and unclean for the whole people, and not for any mere section of it, was one great typical mark of “the kingdom of priests, the holy nation.” See the Leviticus 11:42 note.

Leviticus 20:25

Any manner of living thing that creepeth - Rather, any creeping thing; that is, any vermin. See Leviticus 11:20-23. The reference in this verse is to dead animals, not to the creatures when alive.