Leviticus 20:26
New International Version
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.

New Living Translation
You must be holy because I, the LORD, am holy. I have set you apart from all other people to be my very own.

English Standard Version
You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
And you shall be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.

New American Standard Bible
So you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I have singled you out from the peoples to be Mine.

NASB 1995
‘Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.

NASB 1977
‘Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus you shall be holy to Me, for I Yahweh am holy; and I have separated you from the peoples to be Mine.

Amplified Bible
You are to be holy to Me; for I the LORD am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples (nations) to be Mine.

Christian Standard Bible
You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be mine.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are to be holy to Me because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be Mine.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And you shall be Holy Ones, because I, LORD JEHOVAH, am holy, and I have separated you from the nations that you would be mine.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And ye shall be holy to me; because I the Lord your God am holy, who separated you from all nations, to be mine.

Contemporary English Version
I am the LORD, the holy God. You have been chosen to be my people, and so you must be holy too.

Douay-Rheims Bible
You shall be holy unto me, because I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.

English Revised Version
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that ye should be mine.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Be my holy people because I, the LORD, am holy. I have separated you from other people to be my very own.

Good News Translation
You shall be holy and belong only to me, because I am the LORD and I am holy. I have set you apart from the other nations so that you would belong to me alone.

International Standard Version
"You are to be holy toward me, because I, the LORD, am holy. I've separated you from among the people to be mine.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And ye shall be holy unto Me; for I the LORD am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be Mine.

Literal Standard Version
And you have been holy to Me, for I, YHWH, [am] holy; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.

Majority Standard Bible
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.

New American Bible
To me, therefore, you shall be holy; for I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from other peoples to be my own.

NET Bible
You must be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall be holy to me; for I the LORD am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples to be mine.

New Heart English Bible
You shall be holy to me: for I, the LORD, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.

Webster's Bible Translation
And ye shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

World English Bible
You shall be holy to me, for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye have been holy to Me; for holy am I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.

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Context
Keep All My Decrees
25You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you. 26You 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. 27A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’ ”…

Cross References
Exodus 33:16
For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?"

Leviticus 19:2
"Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

Leviticus 20:24
But 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 14:2
for 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.

Joshua 24:19
But Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.


Treasury of Scripture

And you shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that you should be mine.

the Lord

Leviticus 20:7
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:2
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.

Psalm 99:5,9
Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy…

severed

Leviticus 20:24
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.

Deuteronomy 7:6
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 14:2
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

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Leviticus 20
1. Of him who gives his seed to Moloch
4. Of him who favors such an one
6. Of going to wizards
7. Of sanctification
9. Of him who curses his parents
11. Of incest
13. Of sodomy
15. Of bestiality
18. Of uncleanness
22. Obedience is required with holiness
27. Wizards must be put to death














(26) And ye shall be holy unto me.--Rather, And ye shall be my holy ones, in harmony with the remark in the last clause of this verse, where God says that He had separated them for the purpose that "ye should be mine" The phrase only occurs here, and is different from the one which has been used in Leviticus 11:44-45; Leviticus 20:17.

And have severed you from other people.--Better, and have separated you from other people, as the Authorised Version renders this phrase in Leviticus 20:24. That is, God has separated them from the rest of the nations to be His holy people, and to be an example to them. The spiritual guides during the second Temple have explained this separation of Israel as not implying the rejection of the other nations, but simply as the first installment. They maintained that it implies that all other nations are gradually to follow, and that the Divine choice is to go on from people to people, till "many nations shall be joined to the Lord . . . and shall be my people" (Zechariah 2:11), where the same phrase, "shall be mine," is used as in the passage before us. The Divine plan of the redemption of mankind they set forth in the text before us as follows :--"If the Scripture had said, I have separated all the nations from you, there would be no future for the Gentiles; but since it is said, I have separated you from the nations, it is as one who first of all separates the best from the less good, and then goes on continually to separate the better ones. But he who separates the bad from the good, by this very process rejects the bad, and does not return to them." The Mosaic doctrine of the separation of Israel, therefore, so far from tending to produce and harbour in the Jews contracted views of God's mercy, and a contempt for all other nations, has taught them to look upon themselves as simply having gone first to the mountain of the Lord, and that all other nations are to follow, and to become with them children of God.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You are to be
וִהְיִ֤יתֶם (wih·yî·ṯem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

holy
קְדֹשִׁ֔ים (qə·ḏō·šîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

to Me
לִי֙ (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

because
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I,
אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

am holy,
קָד֖וֹשׁ (qā·ḏō·wōš)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

and I have set you apart
וָאַבְדִּ֥ל (wā·’aḇ·dil)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 914: To be divided, separate

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the nations
הָֽעַמִּ֖ים (hā·‘am·mîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

that you should be
לִהְי֥וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

My own.
לִֽי׃ (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew


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