Leviticus 20:8

8 Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the LORD, who makes you holy.

Leviticus 20:8 in Other Translations

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

8 Keep my statutes and do them; I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

8 Keep all my decrees by putting them into practice, for I am the LORD who makes you holy.

8 Do what I tell you; live the way I tell you. I am the God who makes you holy.

8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.

8 Obey my laws, and live by them. I am the LORD who sets you apart as holy.

8 Keep My statutes and do them; I am the Lord who sets you apart.

8 Obey my rules. Follow them. I am the Lord. I make you holy.

Leviticus 20:8 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 20:8

And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them
Not only those respecting the above things, but all others, which would be a means of preserving them from sin, and of promoting holiness in their lives and conversations:

I [am] the Lord which sanctify you:
who had separated and distinguished them from all other people on earth, and who had given them holy laws, as the means of holiness; and who only could and did sanctify internally, by his Spirit and grace, such or them as were sanctified in heart, as well as outwardly.

Leviticus 20:8 In-Context

6 “ ‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.

7 “ ‘Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

8 Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the LORD, who makes you holy.

9 “ ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.

10 “ ‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 26:5
• 2. S Exodus 31:13; Ezekiel 20:12