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Leviticus 21:8

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Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, [am] holy.

Thou shalt sanctify {H6942} him therefore; for he offereth {H7126} the bread {H3899} of thy God {H430}: he shall be holy {H6918} unto thee: for I the LORD {H3068}, which sanctify {H6942} you, am holy {H6918}.

Rather, you are to set him apart as holy, because he offers the bread of your God; he is to be holy for you, because I, ADONAI, who makes you holy, am holy.

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.

Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee; for I Jehovah, who sanctify you, am holy.

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Cross-References

  • Leviticus 20:7 (9 votes)

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

  • Leviticus 20:8 (9 votes)

    And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I [am] the LORD which sanctify you.

  • Leviticus 11:44 (7 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 11:45 (7 votes)

    For I [am] the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I [am] holy.

  • Leviticus 19:2 (7 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.

  • Leviticus 21:6 (4 votes)

    They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, [and] the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

  • John 17:19 (3 votes)

    And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.