Leviticus 20:7 (DRB)

Passage

Sanctify yourselves, and be ye holy: because I am the Lord your God.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 20:5 I will set my face against that man, and his kindred, and will cut off both him and all that consented with him, to commit fornication with Moloch, out of the midst of their people.

Leviticus 20:6 The soul that shall go aside after magicians, and soothsayers, and shall commit fornication with them: I will set my face against that soul, and destroy it out of the midst of its people.

Leviticus 20:7 Sanctify yourselves, and be ye holy: because I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 20:8 Keep my precepts, and do them. I am the Lord that sanctify you.

Leviticus 20:9 He that curseth his father, or mother, dying let him die. He hath cursed his father, and mother: let his blood be upon him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sanctify", "yourselves", "holy", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sanctify" and "yourselves", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "The soul that shall go aside after..." into verse 8's "Keep my precepts and do them I...", so "sanctify" and "yourselves" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sanctify" and "yourselves" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.