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Leviticus 11

Lev. 11:44 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For I am the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
your God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves
qadash (Hebrew #6942)
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
KJV usage: appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), X wholly.
Pronounce: kaw-dash'
Origin: a primitive root
, andq ye shall be holy
qadowsh (Hebrew #6918)
from 6942; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
KJV usage: holy (One), saint.
Pronounce: kaw-doshe'
Origin: or qadosh {kaw-doshe'}
; for I am holy
qadowsh (Hebrew #6918)
from 6942; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
KJV usage: holy (One), saint.
Pronounce: kaw-doshe'
Origin: or qadosh {kaw-doshe'}
: neither shall ye defile
tame' (Hebrew #2930)
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
KJV usage: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, X utterly.
Pronounce: taw-may'
Origin: a primitive root
yourselves
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
with any manner of creeping thing
sherets (Hebrew #8318)
a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals
KJV usage: creep(-ing thing), move(-ing creature).
Pronounce: sheh'-rets
Origin: from 8317
that creepeth
ramas (Hebrew #7430)
properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm
KJV usage: creep, move.
Pronounce: raw-mas'
Origin: a primitive root
upon the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Lev. 19:2• 2Speak 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. (Lev. 19:2)
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Lev. 20:7,26• 7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.
 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. (Lev. 20:7,26)
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Ex. 19:6• 6And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:6)
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Amos 3:3• 3Can two walk together, except they be agreed? (Amos 3:3)
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Matt. 5:48• 48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (Matt. 5:48)
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1 Thess. 4:7• 7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. (1 Thess. 4:7)
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1 Peter 1:15‑16• 15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
 16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. (1 Peter 1:15‑16)
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Rev. 22:11,14• 11He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
 14Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. (Rev. 22:11,14)

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Cross References

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I am the.
Ex. 20:2• 2I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. (Ex. 20:2)
ye shall.
Lev. 10:3• 3Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. (Lev. 10:3)
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Lev. 19:2• 2Speak 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. (Lev. 19:2)
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Lev. 20:7,26• 7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.
 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. (Lev. 20:7,26)
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Ex. 19:6• 6And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:6)
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Deut. 14:2• 2For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. (Deut. 14:2)
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1 Sam. 6:20• 20And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us? (1 Sam. 6:20)
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Psa. 99:5,9• 5Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
 9Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy. (Psa. 99:5,9)
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Isa. 6:3‑5• 3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
 4And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
 5Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. (Isa. 6:3‑5)
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Amos 3:3• 3Can two walk together, except they be agreed? (Amos 3:3)
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Matt. 5:48• 48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (Matt. 5:48)
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1 Thess. 4:7• 7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. (1 Thess. 4:7)
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1 Peter 1:15‑16• 15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
 16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. (1 Peter 1:15‑16)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1 Peter 2:9)
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Rev. 22:11• 11He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. (Rev. 22:11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For I am Jehovah your God; and ye shall hallow yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean through any manner of crawling thing which creepeth on the earth.