Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy; and I
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 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. 26 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. 27 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.
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 19:2
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
Leviticus 20:7
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 20:24
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.
Deuteronomy 7:6
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 14:2
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Deuteronomy 26:18-19
And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
Psalm 99:5
Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
Psalm 99:9
Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
Isaiah 6:3
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Isaiah 30:11
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
1 Peter 1:15-16
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Revelation 3:7
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Revelation 4:8
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.