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Leviticus 20:26
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KJ21
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.
ASV
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.
AMP
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.
AMPC
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.
BRG
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.
CSB
You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be mine.
CSBA
You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be mine.
CEB
You must be holy to me, because I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from all other peoples to be my own.
CJB
Rather, you people are to be holy for me; because I, Adonai, am holy; and I have set you apart from the other peoples, so that you can belong to me.
CEV
I am the Lord, the holy God. You have been chosen to be my people, and so you must be holy too.
DARBY
And ye shall be holy unto me; for I Jehovah am holy, and have separated you from the peoples to be mine.
DRA
You shall be holy unto me, because I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.
ERV
I have separated you from other nations to be my own special people. So you must be holy because I am the Lord, and I am holy.
EASY
I am the Lord and I am holy. So my people must be holy for me. I have made them separate from other people. They belong to me.
EHV
You will be holy to me, for I, the Lord, am holy, and I have distinguished you from the other peoples so that you belong to me.”
ESV
You shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.
ESVUK
You shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.
EXB
So you must be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from other people to be my own.
GNV
Therefore shall ye be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from other people that ye should be mine.
GW
Be my holy people because I, the Lord, am holy. I have separated you from other people to be my very own.
GNT
You shall be holy and belong only to me, because I am the Lord and I am holy. I have set you apart from the other nations so that you would belong to me alone.
HCSB
You are to be holy to Me because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be Mine.
ICB
I have set you apart from other people. So you must be holy to me. This is because I am the Lord, and I am holy.
ISV
“You are to be holy toward me, because I, the Lord, am holy. I’ve separated you from among the people to be mine.
JUB
Ye must, therefore, be holy unto me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the other peoples, that ye should be mine.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
Thus you shall be holy to Me, for I Yahweh am holy; and I have separated you from the peoples to be Mine.
LEB
And you shall be holy for me, because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have singled you out from the nations to be mine.
TLB
You shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy, and I have set you apart from all other peoples to be mine.
MSG
“I’ve told you, remember, that you will possess their land that I’m giving to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am God, your God, who has distinguished you from the nations. So live like it: Distinguish between ritually clean and unclean animals and birds. Don’t pollute yourselves with any animal or bird or crawling thing which I have marked out as unclean for you. Live holy lives before me because I, God, am holy. I have distinguished you from the nations to be my very own.
MEV
You shall be holy unto Me; for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from other peoples, that you should be Mine.
NOG
Be my holy people because I, Yahweh, am holy. I have separated you from other people to be my very own.
NABRE
To me, therefore, you shall be holy; for I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from other peoples to be my own.
NASB
So you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy; and I have singled you out from the peoples to be Mine.
NASB1995
Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.
NCB
You shall be holy, for I, the Lord, am holy. I have chosen you from among all people that you shall be mine.
NCV
So you must be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from other people to be my own.
NET
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.
NIRV
You must be holy. You must be set apart to me. I am the Lord. I am holy. I have set you apart from the other nations to be my own people.
NIV
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.
NIVUK
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.
NKJV
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.
NLV
Be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy. I have divided you from the nations, so you belong to Me.
NLT
You must be holy because I, the Lord, am holy. I have set you apart from all other people to be my very own.
NRSVA
You shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples to be mine.
NRSVACE
You shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples to be mine.
NRSVCE
You shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples to be mine.
NRSVUE
You shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples to be mine.
OJB
And ye shall be kadoshim unto Me: for I Hashem am kadosh, and have separated you from the nations, that ye should be Mine.
RGT
‘Therefore, you shall be holy to Me. For I, the LORD, am holy. And I have separated you from the people, so that you should be Mine.
RSV
You shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.
RSVCE
You shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.
TLV
You are to be holy to Me, for I, Adonai, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, so that you would be Mine.
VOICE
You must be holy, for I, the Eternal One, am holy, and I have chosen you from all the people of the world to be My people.
WEB
You shall be holy to me, for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
WYC
Ye shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy, and I separated you from other peoples, (so) that ye shall be mine.
YLT
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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