Leviticus 11:44

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

I am the

Exodus 20:2

Ye shall

General references

Leviticus 18:2

Leviticus 20:7

1 Peter 1:16

Bible References

I am the

"I [am] Yahweh, your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves.

Ye shall

Therefore Moses said to Aaron, "This [is] what Yahweh spoke, saying, 'Among those who are close to me I will show myself holy, and {in the presence of} all the people I will display my glory.'" So Aaron was silent.

"Speak to all the community of the {Israelites}, and say to them, 'You must be holy, because I, Yahweh your God, [am] holy.

" 'And you shall consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy, because I [am] Yahweh your God.

but you, you will [belong] to me [as] a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you will speak to the {Israelites}."

For you [are] a people holy to Yahweh your God, and you Yahweh has chosen to be a treasured possession from [among] all [of] the peoples that are on the surface of the earth.

Then the men of Beth Shemesh asked, "Who [is] able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? And to whom shall it go up from us?"

Exalt Yahweh our God, and worship at his footstool. He [is] holy.

And the one called to the other and said, "Holy, holy, holy [is] Yahweh of hosts! The {whole earth is full of his glory}."

Do two walk together unless they have met?

Therefore you be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

For God did not call us to impurity, but in holiness.

but as the one who called you [is] holy, [you] yourselves be holy in all [your] conduct,

But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,

The one who does evil, let him do evil still, and the defiled, let him be defiled still, and the righteous, let him practice righteousness still, and the holy, let him be holy still."

General references

"Speak to the {Israelites}, and say to them, 'I [am] Yahweh your God.

" 'And you shall consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy, because I [am] Yahweh your God.

for it is written, "You will be holy, because I [am] holy."