📜WEB · Leviticus 20:7

What does Leviticus 20:7 mean?

"“‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God."

— Leviticus 20:7 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person, when he gives of his offspring to Molech, and don’t put him to death;

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then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him, to play the prostitute with Molech, from among their people.

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“‘The person that turns to those who are mediums, and to the wizards, to play the prostitute after them, I will even set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people.

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“‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.

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You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.

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“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

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“‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

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