THEOSISLeviticus 20:26Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
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.
וִהְיִ֤יתֶם לִי֙ קְדֹשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י קָד֖וֹשׁ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וָאַבְדִּ֥ל אֶתְכֶ֛ם מִן־הֽ͏ָעַמִּ֖ים לִהְי֥וֹת לִֽי׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Pet 1:15But according to him that hath called you, who is holy, be you also in all manner of conversation holy:
- 1 Pet 1:16Because it is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy.
- Lev 20:7Sanctify yourselves, and be ye holy: because I am the Lord your God.
- Lev 20:24But to you I say: Possess their land which I will give you for an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God, who have separated you from other people.
- Lev 19:2Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel. And thou shalt say to them: Be ye holy, because I the Lord your God am holy.
- Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works.
- Deut 26:18And the Lord hath chosen thee this day, to be his peculiar people, as he hath spoken to thee, and to keep all his commandments:
- Deut 26:19And to make thee higher than all nations which he hath created, to his own praise, and name, and glory: that thou mayst be a holy people of the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.