26You 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.


In Context

23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

24 But I said to you, "You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.

25 " 'You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds. Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground-those which I have set apart as unclean for you.

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.

27 " 'A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.' "

Leviticus 20:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:26And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD [am] holy, and have severed you from [other] people, that ye should be mine.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:26You shall be holy unto me, because I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:26And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:26And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that ye should be mine.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:26And ye shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:26and ye have been holy to Me; for holy am I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:26And you shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that you should be mine.