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

⁴⁴ For I am the Lord your ^(A)God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and ^(B)you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

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

^7 (A)Consecrate^[a] yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.