Leviticus 20:26

26 You must be holy to me, because I the LORD am holy, and I have separated you from all other peoples to be my own.

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.

Leviticus 20:26 In-Context

24 But I have told you, "You will certainly possess their fertile land; I am giving it to you to possess. It is a land full of milk and honey." I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from all other peoples.

25 So you must separate between clean and unclean animals, and between clean and unclean birds. Do not become detestable through some animal, bird, or anything that moves on the fertile ground that I have separated from you as unclean.

26 You must be holy to me, because I the LORD am holy, and I have separated you from all other peoples to be my own.

27 If someone, whether male or female, is a medium with the dead or a diviner, they must be executed. They will be stoned; their blood is on their own head.