Leviticus 20:26

In 11 translations

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, Yahweh, 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.

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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.

GNV

Therefore shall ye be holie vnto me: for I the Lord am holy, and I haue separated you from other people, that ye shoulde be mine.

JPS

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.

LXXE

And ye shall be holy to me; because I the Lord your God am holy, who separated you from all nations, to be mine.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וִהְיִ֤יתֶם לִי֙ קְדֹשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י קָד֖וֹשׁ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וָאַבְדִּ֥ל אֶתְכֶ֛ם מִן־הָֽעַמִּ֖ים לִהְי֥וֹת לִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἔσεσθέ μοι ἅγιοι, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἅγιός εἶμι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν, ὁ ἀφορίσας ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν, εἶναί μοι.

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• 1 Peter 1:15–16But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
• Leviticus 20:7Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
• Leviticus 20:24But 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.
• Leviticus 19:2“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
• Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
• Deuteronomy 26:18–19And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments, that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations…
• Deuteronomy 7:6For 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.
• Deuteronomy 14:2for 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.
• Psalms 99:5Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
• Revelation 3:7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.
• Psalms 99:9Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
• Isaiah 6:3And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
• Revelation 4:8And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
• Isaiah 30:11Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”

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