Leviticus 20:7 (LSB)

Passage

Therefore, you shall set yourselves apart as holy and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 20:5 then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, in playing the harlot after Molech.

Leviticus 20:6 ‘As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.

Leviticus 20:7 Therefore, you shall set yourselves apart as holy and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God.

Leviticus 20:8 And you shall keep My statutes and do them; I am Yahweh who makes you holy.

Leviticus 20:9 ‘If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother. His bloodguiltiness is upon him.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "As for the person who turns to..." into verse 8's "And you shall keep My statutes and...", so "therefore" and "shall" 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 "therefore" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.