² ‘Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy^(A) because I, the Lord your God, am holy.^(B)

⁷ Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

²⁶ You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be mine.^(A)

¹⁶ for it is written, Be holy, because I am holy.^[a](A)