Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy. New Living Translation “Give the following instructions to the entire community of Israel. You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy. English Standard Version “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. Berean Standard Bible “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy. King James Bible 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. New King James Version “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. New American Standard Bible “Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy. NASB 1995 “Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy. NASB 1977 “Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy. Legacy Standard Bible “Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall be holy, for I, Yahweh your God, am holy. Amplified Bible “Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy. Christian Standard Bible “Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy. Holman Christian Standard Bible Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy because I, Yahweh your God, am holy.” American Standard Version Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy; for I Jehovah your God am holy. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “Speak with all the assembly of the children of Israel and say to them: 'Be Holy Ones because I am holy; I AM LORD JEHOVAH your God. Brenton Septuagint Translation Speak to the congregation of the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Ye shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am holy. Contemporary English Version to say to the community of Israel: I am the LORD your God. I am holy, and you must be holy too! Douay-Rheims Bible Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: Be ye holy, because I the Lord your God am holy. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Tell the whole congregation of Israel: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy. Good News Translation to say to the community of Israel, "Be holy, because I, the LORD your God, am holy. International Standard Version "Tell the entire assembly of Israel that they are to be holy, since I, the LORD your God, am holy. JPS Tanakh 1917 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. Literal Standard Version “Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: You are holy, because I, your God YHWH, [am] holy. Majority Standard Bible “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy. New American Bible Speak to the whole Israelite community and tell them: Be holy, for I, the LORD your God, am holy. NET Bible "Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them, 'You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy. New Revised Standard Version 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. New Heart English Bible "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I the LORD your God am holy. Webster's Bible Translation Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. World English Bible “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy. Young's Literal Translation Speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Ye are holy, for holy am I, Jehovah, your God. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Idolatry Forbidden1Then the LORD said to Moses, 2“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy. 3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.… Cross References Matthew 5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Ephesians 1:4 For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love 1 Peter 1:16 for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy." Exodus 19:6 And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites." Exodus 22:31 You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs. Leviticus 11:44 For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground. Leviticus 11:45 For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy. Treasury of Scripture 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. Ye shall Leviticus 11:44,45 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth… Leviticus 20:7,26 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God… Leviticus 21:8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy. Jump to Previous Assembly Children Company Congregation Entire Holy Israel SpeakJump to Next Assembly Children Company Congregation Entire Holy Israel SpeakLeviticus 19 1. A repetition of various laws(2) Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel.--The importance which the Lawgiver Himself attaches to this epitome of the whole Law, as this section is called, may be seen from the fact that God commands Moses to address these precepts "to all the congregation of the children of Israel--a phrase which occurs nowhere else in Leviticus in this formula, and which is only to be found once more in the whole Pentateuch (Exodus 12:3), at the institution of the Passover, the great national festival which commemorates the redemption of the Israelites from Egypt. I the Lord your God.--Around this solemn declaration, which is repeated no less than sixteen times, both in its full and shorter form (see Leviticus 19:1), cluster the different precepts of this section. It is this solemn formula which links together the various injunctions in the chapter before us. As the Lord who is their God is Himself holy, they who are His people must also be holy, or as the saying which obtained during the second Temple expresses it, "the surroundings of the king must bear the moral impress of the sovereign;" or, in other words, your nearness to God not only demands. that your conduct should not be in contradiction to His holy nature, but that your life should bear the impress and reflect the image of God. (See Leviticus 11:44; Matthew 5:48; 1Peter 1:15.) . . . Verse 2. - Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. The religious motive is put forward here, as in the previous chapter, as the foundation of all morality. It is God's will that we should be holy, and by being holy we. are like God, who is to be our model so far as is possible to the creature. So in the new dispensation, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect" (Matthew 5:48). "As he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation" (1 Peter 1:15).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Speakדַּבֵּ֞ר (dab·bêr) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the entire כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every congregation עֲדַ֧ת (‘ă·ḏaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5712: A stated assemblage of the Israelites בְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son and tell וְאָמַרְתָּ֥ (wə·’ā·mar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say them: אֲלֵהֶ֖ם (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to ‘Be תִּהְי֑וּ (tih·yū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be holy קְדֹשִׁ֣ים (qə·ḏō·šîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary because כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction I, אֲנִ֖י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I the LORD יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God, אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative am holy. קָד֔וֹשׁ (qā·ḏō·wōš) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary Links Leviticus 19:2 NIVLeviticus 19:2 NLT Leviticus 19:2 ESV Leviticus 19:2 NASB Leviticus 19:2 KJV Leviticus 19:2 BibleApps.com Leviticus 19:2 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 19:2 Chinese Bible Leviticus 19:2 French Bible Leviticus 19:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 19:2 Speak to all the congregation (Le Lv Lev.) |
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