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Leviticus 20:7

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.

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וְהִ֨תְקַדִּשְׁתֶּ֔םvehitqadishtemand appointקָדַשׁconjunction, verb, hithpael, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and appoint”, a completed action in a sequenceH6942to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), [idiom] wholly.וִהְיִיתֶ֖םvihyitemand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.קְדֹשִׁ֑יםqedoshimsaintקָדוֹשׁadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “saint”, the ordinary formH6918sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuaryholy (One), saint.כִּ֛יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אֲנִ֥יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.יְהוָ֖הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽםeloheykhemGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am the LORD your God.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am Jehovah your God.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I [am] Jehovah your God;

World English Bible

“‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.

Darby Translation

Hallow yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Jehovah your God.

Douay-Rheims

Sanctify yourselves, and be ye holy because I am the Lord your God.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am the LORD your God.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And ye shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσεσθε ἅγιοι, ὅτι ἅγιος ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν.

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1 Peter 1:16 1 Peter 1:16 · King James VersionBecause it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.1 Peter 1:16 · King James VersionOpen the Source
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Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

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