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.

Other Translations of Leviticus 20:26

New International Version

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.

English Standard Version

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.

The Message

26 Live holy lives before me because I, God, am holy. I have distinguished you from the nations to be my very own.

New King James Version

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.

New Living Translation

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.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 20:26

Commentary on Leviticus 20:10-27

(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.