King James Version
Leviticus 20:26 in the King James Version says “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.” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Leviticus 20:26 · KJV
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.
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. creepeth: or, moveth
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.
A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And ye shall be holy”
H6918sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) god (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“And ye shall be holy”
H6918sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) god (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
“unto me for I the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“and have severed”
H914to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“you from other people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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