Leviticus 11:45

for, I—Yahweh, am he that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, that I might become your God,—therefore shall ye be holy, for, holy, am, I.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

44For, I—Yahweh, am your God, therefore shall ye hallow yourselves and remain holy; for, holy, am, I,—therefore shall ye not make your persons unclean, with any creeping thing that crawleth upon the earth;

46This, is the law of beast and of bird, and of every living soul that moveth in the waters,—and as to every soul that creepeth upon the earth:

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Cross References

Exodus 6:7And will take you to myself for a people, And will become your God,—And ye shall know that, I Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth from under the burdens of Egypt:

Exodus 20:2I, am Yahweh thy God,—who have brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants:—

Leviticus 11:44For, I—Yahweh, am your God, therefore shall ye hallow yourselves and remain holy; for, holy, am, I,—therefore shall ye not make your persons unclean, with any creeping thing that crawleth upon the earth;

Leviticus 19:36Just balances, just weights, a just ephah and a just hin, shall ye have,—I—Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 22:33Who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might become your God,—I, am Yahweh.

Leviticus 26:45Therefore will I remember in their behalf the covenant of their ancestors,—Whom, I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God—I—Yahweh.

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 →

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