⁷ “‘Consecrate yourselves^(A) and be holy,^(B) because I am the Lord your God.^{(C) 8} Keep my decrees^(D) and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy.^(E)

²⁶ You are to be holy to me^(A) because I, the Lord, am holy,^(B) and I have set you apart from the nations^(C) to be my own.