Leviticus 11:44
For I am the Lord your God; and ye shall be sanctified, and ye shall be holy, because I the Lord your God am holy; and ye shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles creeping upon the earth.
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Exodus 19:6And ye shall be to me a royal priesthood and a holy nation: these words shalt thou speak to the children of Israel.
Exodus 22:30And ye shall be holy men to me; and ye shall not eat flesh taken of beasts, ye shall cast it to the dog.
Leviticus 10:3And Moses said to Aaron, This is the thing which the Lord spoke, saying, I will be sanctified among them that draw nigh to me, and I will be glorified in the whole congregation; and Aaron was pricked in his heart.
Leviticus 18:2Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:3Let every one of you reverence his father and his mother; and ye shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:10And thou shalt not go over the gathering of thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the remaining grapes of thy vineyard: thou shalt leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:44-47
43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 44 For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 45 For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 46 This is the… Read the whole commentary →