Leviticus 20:7–8
¶ Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.
¶ *Sanctifie your selues therefore, and bee yee holy: for I am the LORD your God.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceChap. 11.44. and 19.2. 1.pet. 1.16.
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you.
And ye shall keepe my Statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctifie you.
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From verse 7
- Leviticus 11:44Rank 1 from verse 7
44For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
44For I am the LORD your God: yee shall therefore sanctifie your selues, and *ye shall be holy, for I am holy: neither shall ye defile your selues with any maner of creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth.
- Leviticus 19:2Rank 2 from verse 7
- 1 Peter 1:15–16Rank 3 from verse 7
- Ephesians 1:4Rank 4 from verse 7
- Colossians 3:12Rank 5 from verse 7
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7Rank 6 from verse 7
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3Rank 7 from verse 7
- Hebrews 12:14Rank 8 from verse 7
- Philippians 2:12–13Rank 9 from verse 7
12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
12Wherefore, my beloued, as yee haue alwayes obeyed, not as in my presence onely, but now much more in my absence; worke out your owne saluation with feare, and trembling.
13For it is God which worketh in you, both to will, and to doe, of his good pleasure.
From verse 8
- Exodus 31:13Rank 1 from verse 8
13Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.
13Speake thou also vnto the children of Israel, saying, Uerely my Sabbaths ye shall keepe: for it is a signe betweene me and you, throughout your generations, that ye may know that I am the LORD, that doth sanctifie you.
- James 1:22Rank 2 from verse 8
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23Rank 3 from verse 8
23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
23And the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly: and I pray God your whole spirit, and soule, and body be preserued blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13Rank 4 from verse 8
13But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
13But we are bound to giue thanks alway to God for you, brethren, beloued of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to saluation, through sanctification of the spirit, and beleefe of the trueth,
- Leviticus 19:37Rank 5 from verse 8
- Leviticus 21:8Rank 6 from verse 8
- Matthew 12:50Rank 7 from verse 8
- Matthew 5:19Rank 8 from verse 8
19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
19*Whosoeuer therfore shall breake one of these least commaundements, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdome of heauen: but whosoeuer shall doe, and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdome of heauen.
- Matthew 7:24Rank 9 from verse 8
- Revelation 22:14Rank 10 from verse 8
- 1 Corinthians 1:30Rank 11 from verse 8
- Ezekiel 20:12Rank 12 from verse 8
- Ezekiel 37:28Rank 13 from verse 8
- John 13:17Rank 14 from verse 8
- Leviticus 18:4–5Rank 15 from verse 8
4Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.
5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.
4Ye shall doe my iudgements, and keepe mine ordinances, to walke therein: I am the LORD your God.
5*Yee shall therefore keepe my statutes, and my iudgements: which if a man doe, hee shall liue in them: I am the LORD.
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Leviticus 20:7
To set apart as holy, consecrate, dedicate, hallow, cleanse, purify, or treat as holy.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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The one true God.
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Leviticus 20:8
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.
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Laws, ordinances, rules, or enactments established by an authority.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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To set apart as holy, consecrate, dedicate, hallow, cleanse, purify, or treat as holy.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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6¶ And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
6¶ And the soule that turneth after such as haue familiar spirits, and after wizards, to goe a whoring after them, I will euen set my face against that soule, and will cut him off from among his people.
7¶ Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.
7¶ *Sanctifie your selues therefore, and bee yee holy: for I am the LORD your God.
Selected passage8And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you.
8And ye shall keepe my Statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctifie you.
Selected passage9¶ For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
9¶ *For euery one that curseth his father or his mother, shalbe surely put to death: hee hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shalbe vpon him.