Leviticus 19:2
“Tell all the Israelites: You must be holy because I am holy; I am the Lord your God.
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3Show respect for your mother and father, and keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:44because I am the Lord your God; so dedicate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Don't defile yourselves by any animal that crawls along the ground.
Leviticus 20:7So dedicate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 21:8You shall consider him holy because he presents the food offerings to your God. He shall be holy to you, because I am holy. I am the Lord, and I chose you as my special people.
Leviticus 21:23but because he has a defect, he is not allowed to go near the curtain or the altar, so that my sanctuary and everything in it are not made unclean, because I am the Lord who makes them holy.”
Isaiah 6:3They were calling out to one another: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; his glory fills the whole earth.
Matthew 5:48Grow up and become completely trustworthy, just as your heavenly Father is trustworthy.”
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 →