Leviticus 20:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and ye have been holy to Me; for holy <FI>am<Fi> I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 20:26 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 11:44For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
- Leviticus 19:2“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
- Leviticus 20:7Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 20:8And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 26:18And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
- Nehemiah 10:29hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
- Psalms 99:5Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
- 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.”
- Isaiah 30:11Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
- 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.
- 1 Peter 1:15But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
- 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.
- 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!”
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