^45 (A)For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. ^(B)You shall therefore 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.

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

⁷ I will ^(A)take you as My people, and ^(B)I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out ^(C)from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

⁷ For God did not call us to uncleanness, ^(A)but in holiness.

God’s Continuing Love for Israel

^38 (A)I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.