Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy; and I
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
You are to be holy to Me because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be Mine.
International Standard Version
"You are to be holy toward me, because I, the LORD, am holy. I've separated you from among the people to be mine.
A Conservative Version
And ye shall be holy to me, for I, LORD, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.
American Standard Version
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.
Amplified
You are to be holy to Me; for I the Lord am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples (nations) to be Mine.
Bible in Basic English
And you are to be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy and have made you separate from the nations, so that you may be my people.
Darby Translation
And ye shall be holy unto me; for I Jehovah am holy, and have separated you from the peoples to be mine.
Julia Smith Translation
And, ye were holy to me: for I Jehovah am holy, and I will separate you from the nations to be to me.
King James 2000
And you shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you shall be holy for me, because I, Yahweh, [am] holy, and I have singled you out from the nations to be mine.
Modern King James verseion
And you shall be holy to Me. For I, Jehovah, am holy, and have severed you from the nations, so that you should be Mine.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be holy unto me, for I the LORD am holy and have severed you from other nations: that ye should be mine.
NET Bible
You must be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.
New Heart English Bible
You shall be holy to me: for I, the LORD, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore shall ye be unto me, holy persons, for, holy, am, I - Yahweh, - Therefore have I distinguished you from the peoples, that ye may be mine.
Webster
And ye shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
World English Bible
You shall be holy to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
Youngs Literal Translation
and ye have been holy to Me; for holy am I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.
Themes
Israel » Separation of » Of israel from the heathen, encouraged
Israel/jews » The lord separating israel from all other people
Interlinear
Badal
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 20:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
You Shall Be Holy
25
You shall therefore separate the clean beast from the unclean, and the unclean bird from the clean. You shall not make yourselves detestable by beast or by bird or by anything with which the ground crawls, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean.
26 Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy; and I
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 19:2
"Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.
Leviticus 20:7
Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 20:24
But I have said to you, 'You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.' I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
Deuteronomy 7:6
"For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 14:2
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 26:18-19
And the LORD has declared today that you are a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments,
Psalm 99:5
Exalt the LORD our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he!
Psalm 99:9
Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is holy!
Isaiah 6:3
And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!"
Isaiah 30:11
leave the way, turn aside from the path, let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel."
Titus 2:14
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
1 Peter 1:15-16
but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,
Revelation 3:7
"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
Revelation 4:8
And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!"