⁴⁴ I am the Lord your God;^(A) consecrate yourselves^(B) and be holy,^(C) because I am holy.^(D) Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground.^(E)

² “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel^(A) and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God,^(B) am holy.^(C)

¹³ You must be blameless^(A) before the Lord your God.^(B)

⁴ Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature^(A) and complete, not lacking anything.

¹⁶ for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”^[a](A)

³ All who have this hope in him purify themselves,^(A) just as he is pure.^(B)