81 Bible Verses about Holiness, As Set Apart For God
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You are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Jehovah your God has chosen you to be his own special people out of all the nations of the earth.
If you will obey me and are faithful to the terms of my covenant, then out of all the nations you will be my own special possession, for all the earth is mine. You will be my kingdom of priests and my holy nation. These are the words you must speak to the children of Israel.'
I am Jehovah, the Holy God. You have been chosen to be my people, and so you must be holy too.
Jehovah declared you to be his people and a treasured possession. Obey his commandments and receive his promise. He will set you high above all nations that he has made, for praise, fame, and honor. You will be a consecrated people to Jehovah your God, as he has spoken.
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart, he and his descendants from generation to generation, to consecrate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices before Jehovah, to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in his name as long as they live.
You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies. Be God's holy men. Do not dishonor the name of your God. Be holy because you bring sacrifices by fire to Jehovah. It is the food (bread) of your God. Never marry prostitutes, those who have lost their virginity, or divorced women because a priest is God's holy man.read more.
Be holy because you offer the food of your God. Be holy because I, Jehovah, am holy. I set you apart as holy.
Jehovah said to Moses: Tell the Israelites: 'A man or a woman may make a special vow to live as a Nazirite dedicated to Jehovah. Nazirites must never drink wine, liquor, vinegar made from wine or liquor, or any kind of grape juice. They must never eat fresh grapes or raisins.read more.
As long as they are Nazirites they must never eat anything that comes from a grapevine, not even grape seeds or skins. As long as they are under the Nazirite vow no razor may touch their heads. During the entire time that they are dedicated to Jehovah as Nazirites, they will be holy. They must let their hair grow long. While they are dedicated to Jehovah as Nazirites, they must never go near a dead body. Even if their own father, mother, brother, or sister dies, they must not make themselves unclean by going near them. Nazarites show their vow to God with their long hair. As long as they are Nazirites, they will be holy to Jehovah.
whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things. God spoke about this through all his holy prophets since the world began.
It was not made known to other generations of the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.
You should remember the words that were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.
He chose us through him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love.
Be holy in all your conduct, just as the one who called you is holy. Because it is written: You shall be holy for I am holy.
To the congregation of God at Corinth. To you, who are sanctified in Christ Jesus. You who are called to be holy ones, with all whom in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. He is both their Lord and ours.
As God's chosen, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness (humility), meekness (mildness), and long-suffering (patience).
God has saved us and called us with a holy calling. This is not according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace that was granted us in Christ Jesus, from all eternity.
You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a people for God's own possession, that you may show the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Keep (consecrate) yourselves holy, because I am Jehovah your God! Obey my laws, because I am Jehovah and I make you holy.
Jehovah continued: Go to the people and tell them to spend today and tomorrow purifying themselves for worship. They must wash their clothes. They should be ready in three days. I will descend to Mount Sinai, where all of them can see me.
The reason is because I am Jehovah your God. You must live holy lives. Consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy. Never become unclean by touching anything that swarms or crawls on the ground. I am Jehovah! I brought you out of Egypt to be your God. Be holy because I am holy.
Joshua said to the people: Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow Jehovah will do amazing things among you.
Get up and sanctify the people. Say: 'Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: There is an accursed thing in the midst of you, O Israel: You cannot stand before you enemies until you take away the devoted thing from among you.
Greetings, he replied, I have come to sacrifice to Jehovah. Perform the ceremonies to make yourselves holy, and come with me to the sacrifice. He performed the ceremonies for Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tabernacle, and have them take a ritual bath. Dress Aaron in the priestly garments and anoint him. Consecrate him so that he can serve me as priest. Bring his sons and put the shirts on them.read more.
Anoint them just as you anointed their father that they can serve me as priests. This anointing will make them priests for generations to come.
The people of Kiriath Jearim got the Ark and took it to Abinadab's house on a hill in their town. His son Eleazar took care of it.
So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy in order to move the Ark of Jehovah the God of Israel.
Only the priests and Levites who are on duty should come into Jehovah's Temple. They may enter because they are holy. The other people should follow Jehovah's regulations.
He said: Listen to me, Levites. Perform the ceremonies to make the temple of Jehovah the God of your ancestors holy. Remove anything that has been corrupted from the holy place.
He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel and performed ceremonies to make themselves holy to Jehovah: Put the Holy Ark in the Temple that Solomon, son of David and king of Israel, built. It should not be carried on your shoulders any longer. Serve Jehovah your God and his people Israel.
Then dedicate the Tabernacle and all its equipment by anointing it with the sacred oil, and it will be holy. Dedicate the altar and all its equipment by anointing it, and it will be completely holy. Also dedicate the washbasin and its base in the same way.
Offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement each day. Purify the altar when you make atonement for it. Anoint it to consecrate it. Make atonement for the altar and consecrate it for seven days. Then the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
and make sacred anointing oil, mixed like perfume. This is for dedicating the tent and chest, the table with its equipment, the lamp stand with its equipment, the incense altar with all its utensils,read more.
the altar for sacrifices, and the large bowl with its stand. You will make them so holy that anyone who even touches them will become holy when you dedicate them this way.
Jehovah spoke to Moses: Tell the Israelites: 'These are the appointed festivals with Jehovah. You must announce these as holy assemblies. You may work for six days. But the seventh day is a day of worship (Sabbath), a day when you do not work, and a holy assembly. Do not do any work. It is Jehovah's day of worship wherever you live.
God blessed the seventh day and made it holy. This is because he rested from all the work of creation he had done.
Moses said: Jehovah has commanded that tomorrow is a holy day of rest, dedicated to God. Bake today what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Whatever is left should be put aside and kept for tomorrow. They kept what was left until the next day as Moses commanded. It did not spoil or get worms in it. Moses said: Eat this today, because today is the Sabbath, a day of rest dedicated to Jehovah. You will not find any food outside the camp.
Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them in six days. He rested on the seventh day. Therefore Jehovah blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
The following are Jehovah's appointed festivals with holy assemblies. You must announce these at their appointed times. The Passover, celebrated to honor Jehovah, begins at sunset on the fourteenth day of the first month. The fifteenth day of the same month the Festival of Unleavened Bread begins. You must not eat any bread made with yeast for seven days.read more.
Gather to worship on the first of these days. Do none of your daily work. Bring a sacrifice to Jehovah for seven days. On the seventh day there will be a holy assembly. Do not do any regular work.'
Count seven full weeks from the day after Passover, the day you bring the bundle of grain as an offering presented to Jehovah until the day after the seventh week. This is a total of fifty days. Then bring a new grain offering to Jehovah.
During the Festival of Weeks, you must have a holy assembly. On that day you must not do any regular work. Bring Jehovah your new grain offering, the first produce harvested from your fields.
Jehovah continued to speak to Moses: Observe a special day of rest on the first day of the seventh month. Gather together for worship when the trumpets sound. Present a food offering to Jehovah. Do not do your daily work.
Gather for worship on the first day of the seventh month. Do not work. Trumpets will be blown on that day.
Ezra the priest brought the law to the meeting of the people. They were all able to listen to it. It was the first day of the seventh month.
Jehovah spoke to Moses: The tenth day of this seventh month is a special day for the payment for sins. There will be a holy assembly. Humble yourselves, and bring Jehovah a sacrifice by fire. Do not do any work that day. It is a special day for the payment for sins. It is a time when you pay compensation for wrongdoing and make peace with Jehovah your God.
Call a holy assembly on the tenth day of the seventh month. Humble yourselves do no work.
Jehovah spoke to Moses: Inform the Israelites: 'The fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Booths to Jehovah. It will last seven days. There will be a holy assemble on the first day. Do not do any regular work.read more.
Bring a sacrifice by fire to Jehovah for seven consecutive days. On the eighth day there will be a holy assembly. Bring Jehovah a sacrifice by fire. This is the last festival of the year. Do not do any regular work.
Call a holy assembly on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. You must not do any regular work. Instead, celebrate a festival to Jehovah for seven days.
Jehovah spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai and commanded: Give the following regulations to the people of Israel: 'When you enter the land that Jehovah is giving you, honor Jehovah by not cultivating the land every seventh year. Plant your fields, prune your vineyards, and gather your crops for six years.read more.
But the seventh year is to be a sabbath year of complete rest for the land. It is a year dedicated to Jehovah. Do not plant your fields or prune your vineyards. Do not even harvest the grain that grows by itself without being planted. Do not gather the grapes from your unpruned vines. It is a year of complete rest for the land.
Count seven times seven years (seven sabbaths of years), a total of forty-nine years. Then, on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement, send someone to blow a trumpet throughout the whole land. In this way you will set the fiftieth year apart and proclaim freedom to all the inhabitants of the land. During this year all property that has been sold must be restored to the original owner or the descendants, and any who have been sold as slaves may return to their families.read more.
That fiftieth year will be your jubilee year. Do not plant or harvest what grows by itself or pick grapes from the vines in the land. The jubilee year will be holy to you. You will eat what the field itself produces.
God said: Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, because you are standing on holy ground.
The captain (commander) of Jehovah's host (army) said to Joshua: Take your shoes from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy. And at once Joshua did so.
Mount Sinai was all in smoke because Jehovah descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace. The whole mountain quaked violently! The sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder. Moses spoke and God answered him with thunder. Jehovah descended on the top of Mount Sinai. Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mountain. Moses climbed to the peak of Mount Sinai.read more.
Jehovah spoke to Moses: Go down and warn the people. They should not break through to gaze at Jehovah. Many of them would perish. Let the priests who come near to Jehovah consecrate (purify) themselves, or else Jehovah will destroy them. Moses said to Jehovah: The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai for you warned us. You said: 'Put limits around the mountain and set it apart as holy.'
We heard this voice from out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.
It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the doorway of the tent of meeting before Jehovah. That is where I will meet with you to speak to you. I will meet there with the sons of Israel, and it shall be consecrated by my glory. I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to minister as priests to me.
Then dedicate the Tabernacle and all its equipment by anointing it with the sacred oil, and it will be holy.
Jehovah said: I have heard your prayers and your supplication you made. I have made this house holy. I put my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there at all times.
I have chosen and declared this Temple holy so that my name may be placed there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
As the priests were leaving the Temple, it was suddenly filled with a cloud. It shined with the dazzling light of Jehovah's presence. They could not go back in to perform their duties. Solomon prayed: Jehovah, you have placed the sun in the sky, yet you have chosen to live in clouds and darkness.read more.
Now I have built a majestic temple for you, a place for you to live in for a very long time.
Once the priests enter the Holy Place, they must not go out of the Holy Place into the outer courtyard until they leave behind the clothes that they wore as they served. These clothes are holy. The priests must put on other clothes. Then they can go into the area that is for the people.
When you see the disgusting abomination of desolation (unclean thing) spoken about through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that reads understand),
They shouted: Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and defiled this holy place.
You will know that I am Jehovah your God, dwelling in Zion my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy and no strangers will pass through (invade) her any more.
Jehovah will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will yet choose Jerusalem.
[They came out of the tombs after his resurrection.] (Manuscript text unclear.) Many people saw them.
Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket, at the doorway of the tent of meeting. They shall eat those things used for their atonement and their ordination and consecration. A layman shall not eat them, because they are holy.
David added: What do you have to eat? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you can find. The high priest answered David: I do not have any ordinary bread here. But there is holy bread for the young men if they have not had sexual intercourse today. David answered the priest: Women have been kept away from us as usual when we go on a mission. The young men's bodies are kept holy even on ordinary campaigns. How much more then are their bodies holy today?read more.
The priest gave him holy bread. For he only had the bread of the presence that had been taken from Jehovah's presence and replaced with warm bread that day.
He replied to them: Have you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered into the house of God, and he and his companions ate the showbread (holy bread), which it was not lawful for them to eat. It was only lawful for the priests.
He said: Do you not know of what David did when he needed food for himself and his companions? He went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest. David took the holy bread for food and gave to his companions. Only the priests may take the holy bread.
Jesus answered: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry. He and his companions, entered into the house of God. They and the others with them ate the showbread (holy bread). It is only lawful for the priest to eat it.
Jehovah said to Moses: Take one part fragrant spices and two kinds of gum resin and aromatic mollusk shells, and mix them with one part pure frankincense. Have a perfumer make it into fragrant incense, seasoned with salt, pure and holy. Grind some of it into a fine powder. Put it in front of the ark containing the words of my covenant in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. You must treat it as most holy.read more.
Do not make any incense for yourselves using this formula. Treat it as holy to Jehovah. Anyone who prepares anything like it for his own enjoyment must be excluded from his people.
Jehovah spoke to Moses: Tell Aaron and his sons: 'These are the instructions for the offering for sin. The offering for sin must be slaughtered in Jehovah's presence. It is very holy. The priest who makes the offering for sin will eat it in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting. This is in the same place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.read more.
Everything that touches its meat will be holy. If blood gets on someone's clothes, he must wash them in a holy place. The piece of pottery in which the offering for sin is cooked must be broken into pieces. The copper kettle in which the offering for sin is cooked must be scoured and rinsed with water. Every male among the priests may eat the offering for sin. It is very holy.
It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their share from my offerings by fire. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
Moses spoke to Aaron and his two remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar. He said: Take the grain offering that is left over from the food offered to Jehovah. Bake unleavened bread with it and eat it beside the altar. This is because this offering is very holy. Eat it in a holy place. It is the part that belongs to you and your sons from the food offered to Jehovah. That is what Jehovah commanded me.
If the vow is to give the kind of animal that people offer to Jehovah, it will be considered holy.
One-tenth of what comes from the land, whether grain or fruit, is holy and belongs to Jehovah. If you buy back any part of it, you must add one-fifth more to it. Every tenth head of cattle or sheep that you counted is holy and belongs to Jehovah.read more.
You must not look to see if it is good or bad or exchange it. If you do exchange it, both the first animal and its substitute will be holy. They may not be bought back.'
Consecrate (appoint) (sanctify) all the first-born males to me. Every first-born male Israelite and every first-born male animal belongs to me!
Following the days of their purification according to the Law of Moses they brought him up to Jerusalem. There they would present him to God. It is written in God's law that every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to God. (Exodus 13:1, 2)
