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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 to all the assembly of the children of Israel, and say to them, Ye shall be holy, for I Jehovah your God [am] holy. (Lev. 19:2)
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Lev. 20:7,26• 7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I [am] Jehovah, your God.
 26And ye shall be holy unto me; for I Jehovah am holy, and have separated you from the peoples to be mine. (Lev. 20:7,26)
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Ex. 19:6• 6and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to 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• 48Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. (Matt. 5:48)
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1 Thess. 4:7• 7For God called us not for uncleanness but in sanctification. (1 Thess. 4:7)
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1 Peter 1:15‑16• 15but according to the Holy One that called you, be ye also holy in every [part of] conduct,
 16because it is written, Holy ye shall be, because I [am] holy. (1 Peter 1:15‑16)
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Rev. 22:11,14• 11He that is unjust, let him do unjustly still: and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him practice righteousness still: and he that is holy, let him be sanctified still.
 14Blessed are those that wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in by 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 Jehovah thy God, who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. (Ex. 20:2)
ye shall.
Lev. 10:3• 3And Moses said to Aaron, This [is] what Jehovah spoke, saying, I will be hallowed in those that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron was silent. (Lev. 10:3)
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Lev. 19:2• 2Speak to all the assembly of the children of Israel, and say to them, Ye shall be holy, for I Jehovah your God [am] holy. (Lev. 19:2)
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Lev. 20:7,26• 7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I [am] Jehovah, your God.
 26And ye shall be holy unto me; for I Jehovah am holy, and have separated you from the peoples to be mine. (Lev. 20:7,26)
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Ex. 19:6• 6and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:6)
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Deut. 14:2• 2For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of 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 Jehovah God? and to whom shall he go up from us? (1 Sam. 6:20)
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Psa. 99:5,9• 5Exalt Jehovah our God{HR}And worship at his footstool:{HR}Holy [is] he.
 9Exalt Jehovah our God,{HR}And worship at the mountain of his holiness;{HR}For holy [is] Jehovah our God. (Psa. 99:5,9)
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Isa. 6:3‑5• 3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory.
 4And the foundations of the thresholds were moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
 5Then said I, Woe to me! for I am undone; for 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, Jehovah 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• 48Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. (Matt. 5:48)
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1 Thess. 4:7• 7For God called us not for uncleanness but in sanctification. (1 Thess. 4:7)
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1 Peter 1:15‑16• 15but according to the Holy One that called you, be ye also holy in every [part of] conduct,
 16because it is written, Holy ye shall be, because I [am] holy. (1 Peter 1:15‑16)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:9)
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Rev. 22:11• 11He that is unjust, let him do unjustly still: and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him practice righteousness still: and he that is holy, let him be sanctified 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.

W. Kelly 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.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)