Leviticus 20:7 (YLT)

Passage

`And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God;

Nearby Context

Leviticus 20:5 then I have set My face against that man, and against his family, and have cut him off, and all who are going a-whoring after him, even going a-whoring after the Molech, from the midst of their people.

Leviticus 20:6 `And the person who turneth unto those having familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to go a-whoring after them, I have even set My face against that person, and cut him off from the midst of his people.

Leviticus 20:7 `And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God;

Leviticus 20:8 and ye have kept My statutes and have done them; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, sanctifying you.

Leviticus 20:9 `For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood <FI>is<Fi> on him.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And the person who turneth unto those..." into verse 8's "and ye have kept My statutes and...", so "sanctified" 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 "sanctified" and "yourselves" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.