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Leviticus 20:26

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26 1You shall be holy to me, 2for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.
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Leviticus 20:26 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 20:26

And ye shall be holy unto me
Separated from all unclean persons and things, and devoted to his service, and obedient to all his commands, and so live holy lives and conversations, according to his will, and to his honour and glory: for I the Lord [am] holy;
and therefore they, his people, should be like him, and imitate him, and observe those things which are agreeable to his holy nature and will, and yield a cheerful obedience to his holy precepts: and have severed you from [other] people, that ye should be mine;
which is a very forcible argument, a strong motive, and which laid them under great obligation to obedience and holiness.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Leviticus 20:26 In-Context

24 But I have said to you, 'You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.' I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
25 You shall therefore separate the clean beast from the unclean, and the unclean bird from the clean. You shall not make yourselves detestable by beast or by bird or by anything with which the ground crawls, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean.
26 You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.
27 "A man or a woman who is a medium or a necromancer shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them."

Cross References 2

  • 1. Exodus 19:6
  • 2. ver. 7; See Leviticus 11:44
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