26And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; …
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-27)The last verse is a particular law, which comes in after the general conclusion, as if omitted in its proper place: it is for the putting of those to death that dealt with familiar spirits, Lev. 20:27. It would be an affront to God and to his lively oracles, a scandal to the country, and a temptation to ignorant bad people, to consult them, if such were known and suffered to live among them. Those…
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