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45 For I, the Lord, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. Therefore, you must be holy because I am holy.

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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.

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“I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1:16 Lev 11:44-45; 19:2; 20:7.

I will claim you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God who has freed you from your oppression in Egypt.

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God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives.

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43 So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy,
    his chosen ones with rejoicing.
44 He gave his people the lands of pagan nations,
    and they harvested crops that others had planted.
45 All this happened so they would follow his decrees
    and obey his instructions.

Praise the Lord!

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The Lord’s Love for Israel

11 “When Israel was a child, I loved him,
    and I called my son out of Egypt.

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38 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.

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