The Holiness of the Community

19 The Lord told Moses ² to speak to the whole community of the Israelites and tell them these things:

You shall be holy, because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

¹⁷ You shall not hate a fellow Israelite^[a] in your heart. You must openly rebuke your fellow citizen so that you do not become responsible for his sin. ¹⁸ You must not take revenge. You must not bear a grudge against the members of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.