⁴⁴ For I am the Lord your God,^(A) so you must consecrate yourselves^(B) and be holy because I am holy.^(C) Do not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.

⁸ You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, the Lord who sets you apart, am holy.