Leviticus 20:7

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 20:7 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. Leviticus 11:45For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
  3. Leviticus 19:2“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
  4. Leviticus 21:8You 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.
  5. Leviticus 21:15so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
  6. Leviticus 21:23but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
  7. Joshua 3:5Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
  8. Ephesians 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
  9. Philippians 2:12Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
  10. Colossians 3:12Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
  11. 1 Thessalonians 4:3For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
  12. 1 Thessalonians 4:7For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
  13. Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
  14. 1 Peter 1:15But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,

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