Leviticus 20:26 (YLT)

Passage

and ye have been holy to Me; for holy <FI>am<Fi> I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 20:24 and I say to you, Ye--ye do possess their ground, and I--I give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples.

Leviticus 20:25 `And ye have made separation between the pure beasts and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the pure, and ye do not make yourselves abominable by beast or by fowl, or by anything which creepeth <FI>on<Fi> the ground which I have separated to you for unclean;

Leviticus 20:26 and ye have been holy to Me; for holy <FI>am<Fi> I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.

Leviticus 20:27 `And a man or woman--when there is in them a familiar spirit, or who <FI>are<Fi> wizards--are certainly put to death; with stones they stone them; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "been", "holy", "jehovah", "separate", "peoples", "become", and "mine". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "been" and "holy", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "And ye have made separation between the..." into verse 27's "And a man or woman--when there is...", so "been" and "holy" 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 "been" and "holy" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.