Leviticus 19:2
Say to all the people of Israel, You are to be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.
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Leviticus 11:44For I am the Lord your God: for this reason, make and keep yourselves holy, for I am holy; you are not to make yourselves unclean with any sort of thing which goes about flat on the earth.
Leviticus 20:7So make and keep yourselves holy, for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 21:8And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.
Leviticus 21:23But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.
Isaiah 6:3And one said in a loud voice to another, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of armies: all the earth is full of his glory.
Matthew 5:48Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:2-11
Ceremonial and Moral Laws. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God. 5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord , ye shall offer it at your own will. 6 It shall be… Read the whole commentary →