Leviticus 19:2
Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: Be ye holy, because I the Lord your God am holy.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
3Let every one fear his father, and his mother. Keep my sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:44For I am the Lord your God: be holy because I am holy. Defile not your souls by any creeping thing, that moveth upon the earth.
Leviticus 20:7Sanctify yourselves, and be ye holy because I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 21:8And offer the leaves of proposition. Let them therefore be holy, because I also am holy, the Lord, who sanctify them.
Leviticus 21:23Yet so that he enter not within the veil, nor approach to the altar, because he hath a blemish, and he must not defile my sanctuary. I am the Lord who sanctify them.
Isaiah 6:3And they cried one to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory.
Matthew 5:48Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.
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 →