Leviticus 20:7
¶ 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.
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- 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
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- 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.
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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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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.