Leviticus Chapter 20 verse 26 Holy Bible

ASV Leviticus 20:26

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.
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BBE Leviticus 20:26

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.
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DARBY Leviticus 20:26

And ye shall be holy unto me; for I Jehovah am holy, and have separated you from the peoples to be mine.
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KJV Leviticus 20:26

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.
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WBT Leviticus 20:26

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.
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WEB Leviticus 20:26

You shall be holy to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
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YLT Leviticus 20:26

and ye have been holy to Me; for holy `am' I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) And ye shall be holy unto me.--Rather, And ye shall be my holy ones, in harmony with the remark in the last clause of this verse, where God says that He had separated them for the purpose that "ye should be mine" The phrase only occurs here, and is different from the one which has been used in Leviticus 11:44-45; Leviticus 20:17.And have severed you from other people.--Better, and have separated you from other people, as the Authorised Version renders this phrase in Leviticus 20:24. That is, God has separated them from the rest of the nations to be His holy people, and to be an example to them. The spiritual guides during the second Temple have explained this separation of Israel as not implying the rejection of the other nations, but simply as the first installment. They maintained that it implies that all other nations are gradually to follow, and that the Divine choice is to go on from people to people, till "many nations shall be joined to the Lord . . . and shall be my people" (Zechariah 2:11), where the same phrase, "shall be mine," is used as in the passage before us. The Divine plan of the redemption of mankind they set forth in the text before us as follows :--"If the Scripture had said, I have separated all the nations from you, there would be no future for the Gentiles; but since it is said, I have separated you from the nations, it is as one who first of all separates the best from the less good, and then goes on continually to separate the better ones. But he who separates the bad from the good, by this very process rejects the bad, and does not return to them." The Mosaic doctrine of the separation of Israel, therefore, so far from tending to produce and harbour in the Jews contracted views of God's mercy, and a contempt for all other nations, has taught them to look upon themselves as simply having gone first to the mountain of the Lord, and that all other nations are to follow, and to become with them children of God.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewYou are to beוִהְיִ֤יתֶם (wih·yî·ṯem)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine pluralStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, beholyקְדֹשִׁ֔ים (qə·ḏō·šîm)Adjective - masculine pluralStrong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuaryto Meלִי֙ (lî)Preposition | first person common singularStrong's Hebrew becauseכִּ֥י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionI,אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî)Pronoun - first person common singularStrong's 589: Ithe LORD,יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelam holy,קָד֖וֹשׁ (qā·ḏō·wōš)Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuaryand I have set you apartוָאַבְדִּ֥ל (wā·’aḇ·dil)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularStrong's 914: To be divided, separatefromמִן־ (min-)PrepositionStrong's 4480: A part of, from, out ofthe nationsהָֽעַמִּ֖ים (hā·‘am·mîm)Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flockthat you should beלִהְי֥וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, beMy own.לִֽי׃ (lî)Preposition | first person common singularStrong's Hebrew Jump to PreviousApart Nations Peoples Separate Separated Severed