The word ‘Mekoddishkem’ means ‘to sanctify’ or ‘ to consecrate’. The title Jehovah Mekoddishkem can be translated as ‘the Lord who sanctifies you’. To be ‘sanctified’ or ‘consecrated’ means to be ‘set apart’ by God. It is used only two times in the Old Testament, both of which refer to keeping God’s law; firstly, in Exodus 31:13, and secondly in Leviticus 21:8.

“Priests may not marry a woman defiled by prostitution, and they may not marry a woman who is divorced from her husband, for the priests are set apart as holy to their God.You must treat them as holy because they offer up food to your God. You must consider them holy because I, the Lord, am holy, and I make you holy.

Leviticus 21:8

When we repent of our sins and accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, we are set apart and adopted into God’s family. It is through Jesus and in following His example that we are made holy.

Consider God as Jehovah Mekoddishkem.

Take some time to meditate on this aspect of God and worship Him for being your Jehovah Mekoddishkem. 

Write down what it means for God to be Jehovah Mekoddishkem in your life.