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

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

²⁶ You are to be holy to Me because I, Yahweh, 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]