⁴⁵ I am the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt^(A) to be your God;^(B) therefore be holy, because I am holy.^(C)

⁴⁴ I am the Lord your God;^(A) consecrate yourselves^(B) and be holy,^(C) because I am holy.^(D) Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground.^(E)

⁷ I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.^(A) Then you will know^(B) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

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

⁷ For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.^(A)

God’s Love for Israel

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