Leviticus 20:8 “And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sa…”

Leviticus 20:8

And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.

World English Bible

You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

American Standard Version

And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.

Geneva Bible 1599

Keepe ye therefore mine ordinances, and doe them. I am the Lord which doeth sanctifie you.

Darby Translation

And ye shall observe my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who hallow you.

Young's Literal Translation

and ye have kept My statutes and have done them; I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying you.

Bible in Basic English

And keep my rules and do them: I am the Lord, who make you holy.

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Cross references

“And ye”

James 1:22 Leviticus 19:37 Matthew 5:19 Matthew 7:24 Matthew 12:50 Revelation 22:14

James 1:22 · BSB

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

Leviticus 19:37 · BSB

You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”

Matthew 5:19 · BSB

So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom o…

Matthew 7:24 · BSB

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Matthew 12:50 · BSB

For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

Revelation 22:14 · BSB

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

“sanctify”

Exodus 31:13 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Leviticus 21:8 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Ezekiel 20:12 Ezekiel 37:28

Exodus 31:13 · BSB

“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 · BSB

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Leviticus 21:8 · BSB

You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.

2 Thessalonians 2:13 · BSB

But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

Ezekiel 20:12 · BSB

I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Ezekiel 37:28 · BSB

Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

9If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.

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