⁴⁴ For I am the Lord your God,^(A) so you must consecrate yourselves^(B) and be holy because I am holy.^(C) Do not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground. ⁴⁵ For I am the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God,^(D) so you must be holy because I am holy.^(E)

² “Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy^(A) because I, the Lord your God, am holy.^(B)

⁷ Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.