¶ Sanctify yourselves therefore, (A)and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

Keep ye therefore mine ordinances, and do them: I am the Lord which doth sanctify you.

(B)If there be any that curseth his father or his mother he shall die the death, seeing he hath cursed his father and his mother, [a]his blood shall be upon him.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:9 He is worthy to die.

“‘Consecrate yourselves(A) and be holy,(B) because I am the Lord your God.(C) Keep my decrees(D) and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy.(E)

“‘Anyone who curses their father(F) or mother(G) is to be put to death.(H) Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.(I)

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