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.
2 "Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: 'Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.
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.
2 "Speak to the congregation of Israel. Tell them: Be holy because I, God, your God, am holy.
2 "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: 'You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.
2 "Give the following instructions to the entire community of Israel. You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.
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.
26 You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.
26 You shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.
26 Live holy lives before me because I, God, am holy. I have distinguished you from the nations to be my very own.
26 And you shall be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.
26 You must be holy because I, the Lord, am holy. I have set you apart from all other people to be my very own.
(Read Leviticus 20:10-27)
These verses repeat what had been said before, but it was needful there should be line upon line. What praises we owe to God that he has taught the evil of sin, and the sure way of deliverance from it! May we have grace to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things; may we have no fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness, but reprove them.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 19:2
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laws.
There are some ceremonial precepts in this chapter, but most of these precepts are binding on us, for they are explanations of the ten commandments. It is required that Israel be a holy people, because the God of Israel is a holy God, verse 35. We must make conscience of obeying God's precepts. We are not to pick and choose our duty, but must aim at standing complete in all the will of God. And the nearer our lives and tempers are to the precepts of God's law, the happier shall we be, and the happier shall we make all around us, and the better shall we adorn the gospel.