Leviticus 11:44

The reason for these laws is God Himself: be holy, for I am holy. Israel's purity flows from the character of their God.

Cross-references · 23

• Exod 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
• 1 Pet 1:15–16But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
• Lev 19:2“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
• Lev 20:7Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
• 1 Th 4:7For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
• Lev 20:26You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.
• 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
• Lev 21:8You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
• Deut 14:2for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
• Rev 22:11Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”
• Ps 99:9Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
• Matt 5:48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
• Exod 19:6And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
• Ps 99:5Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
• Lev 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.
• Exod 23:25So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
• Isa 6:3–5And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
• Lev 11:43Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.
• 1 Sam 6:20The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
• Isa 43:3For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
• Exod 6:7I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
• Isa 51:15For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
• Amos 3:3Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?

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