Leviticus 20:7-8 - Exposition

A positive command, Sanctify yourselves therefore, and he ye holy: for I am the Lord your God , is introduced early in the list of penalties to show what is the main purpose of the latter. The only way in which the nation can recover holiness lost by the sins of its members, is by the punishment of the latter, or by their purification by means of sacrifice, according to the nature of the offense.