Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

but you are to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation to me.' These are the words you are to declare to the Israelis."

New American Standard Bible

and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”

King James Version

And 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.

Holman Bible

and you will be My kingdom of priests and My holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to say to the Israelites.”

A Conservative Version

and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shall speak to the sons of Israel.

American Standard Version

and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

Amplified

and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation [set apart for My purpose].’ These are the words that you shall speak to the Israelites.”

Bible in Basic English

And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.

Darby Translation

and 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.

Julia Smith Translation

And ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These the words which thou shalt speak to the sons of Israel.

King James 2000

And you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak unto the children of Israel.

Lexham Expanded Bible

but you, you will [belong] to me [as] a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you will speak to the {Israelites}."

Modern King James verseion

And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the sons of Israel.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy people.' These are the words which thou shalt say unto the children of Israel."

NET Bible

and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites."

New Heart English Bible

and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."

The Emphasized Bible

But, ye, shall be mine, As a kingdom of priests, And a holy nation. These, are the words, which thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel.

Webster

And 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.

World English Bible

and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."

Youngs Literal Translation

and ye -- ye are to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation: these are the words which thou dost speak unto the sons of Israel.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom
ממלכה 
Mamlakah 
Usage: 117

of priests
כּהן 
Kohen 
Usage: 750

and an holy
קדשׁ קדושׁ 
Qadowsh 
Usage: 116

גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

Context Readings

Preparation For Receiving The Covenant

5 And now if you carefully obey me and keep my covenant, you are to be my special possession out of all the nations, because the whole earth belongs to me, 6 but you are to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation to me.' These are the words you are to declare to the Israelis." 7 When Moses came, he summoned the elders of the people and told them everything that the LORD had commanded him.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:6

because you are a holy people to the LORD your God. The LORD your God chose you to be his people, his treasured possession from all the nations on the face of the earth."

Deuteronomy 26:19

so he may elevate you far above all the nations that he has made. Then you will live to the praise, fame, and glory of God, and so be a nation that is holy to the LORD your God, as he has promised."

Isaiah 62:12

People will call them, "The Holy People,' "The Redeemed of the LORD'; and they will call you, "Sought After,' "The City Not Deserted.'"

1 Peter 2:5

you, too, as living stones, are building yourselves up into a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, so that you may offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus, the Messiah.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people to be his very own and to proclaim the wonderful deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Revelation 1:6

and has made us a kingdom, priests for his God and Father, be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

Revelation 5:10

You made them a kingdom and priests for our God, and they will reign on the earth."

Leviticus 20:26

"You are to be holy toward me, because I, the LORD, am holy. I've separated you from among the people to be mine.

Deuteronomy 28:9

"The LORD will assign you to be a holy people for himself, just as he promised you, as long as you keep his commands and walk in his ways.

Revelation 20:6

How blessed and holy are those who participate in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them. They will be priests of God and the Messiah, and will rule with him for a thousand years.

Leviticus 11:44-45

because I, the LORD, am your God. Set yourselves apart and be holy, because I am holy. You are not to defile yourselves with any of the swarming creatures that swarm the earth.

Leviticus 19:2

"Tell the entire assembly of Israel that they are to be holy, since I, the LORD your God, am holy.

Leviticus 20:24

But I've promised you that you'll inherit the land that I'm about to give you as your permanent possession a land flowing with milk and honey.

Leviticus 21:7-8

"They are not to marry a prostitute or a woman who has been dishonored or who was divorced from her husband, because the priest is holy to his God.

Leviticus 21:23

but he is not to enter through the curtain nor approach the altar, since he has a defect. That way, he won't defile my sanctuary, since I am the LORD, who sets you apart."

Deuteronomy 14:21

"You must not eat any carcass. But you may give it to the alien in your cities so he may eat it or sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. "You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk."

Deuteronomy 33:2-4

He said: "The LORD came from Sinai. Rising from Seir upon us, he shone forth from Mount Paran, accompanied by a myriad of his holy ones, with flaming fire from his right hand for them.

Isaiah 61:6

But as for you, you will be called priests of the LORD, and you will be named ministers of our God. You will feed on the wealth of the nations, and you will boast about their riches.

Romans 12:1

I therefore urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercies, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the reasonable way for you to worship.

1 Corinthians 3:17

If anyone destroys God's sanctuary, God will destroy him, for God's sanctuary is holy. And you are that sanctuary!

1 Thessalonians 5:27

I order you by the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.

1 Peter 1:15-16

Instead, be holy in every aspect of your life, just as the one who called you is holy.

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