Leviticus 20:7 (GNV)

Passage

Sanctifie your selues therefore, and be holie, for I am the Lord your God.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 20:5 Then will I set my face against that man, and against his familie, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him to comit whoredome with Molech, from among their people.

Leviticus 20:6 If any turne after such as worke with spirits, and after soothsayers, to go a whoring after them, then will I set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people.

Leviticus 20:7 Sanctifie your selues therefore, and be holie, for I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 20:8 Keepe ye therefore mine ordinances, and doe them. I am the Lord which doeth sanctifie you.

Leviticus 20:9 If there be any that curseth his father or his mother, he shall die the death: seeing hee hath cursed his father and his mother, his blood shalbe vpon him.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "If any turne after such as worke..." into verse 8's "Keepe ye therefore mine ordinances and doe...", so "sanctifie" and "selues" 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 "sanctifie" and "selues" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.