Leviticus 20:7

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I [am] the LORD your God.

Sanctify {H6942} yourselves therefore, and be ye holy {H6918}: for I am the LORD {H3068} your God {H430}.

Therefore consecrate yourselves -you people must be holy, because I am ADONAI your God.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Leviticus 11:44 (22 votes)

    For I [am] the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I [am] holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

  • Leviticus 19:2 (19 votes)

    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.

  • 1 Peter 1:15 (14 votes)

    But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

  • 1 Peter 1:16 (14 votes)

    Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

  • Ephesians 1:4 (11 votes)

    According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

  • Colossians 3:12 (9 votes)

    ¶ Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:7 (8 votes)

    For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.