⁴⁴ For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and ^(A)be holy, for I am holy. ^(B)You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground.

^45 (A)For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. ^(B)You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.”

² “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, ^(A)You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

⁸ You shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for ^(A)I, the Lord, who sanctify you, ^(B)am holy.

¹⁶ since it is written, ^(A)“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”