¹⁶ For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”^[a]

⁴⁴ For I am the Lord your God. You must consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. So do not defile yourselves with any of these small animals that scurry along the ground.

² “Give the following instructions to the entire community of Israel. You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

⁷ So set yourselves apart to be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

Witnesses against Guilty Israel