Leviticus 19:2

Modern

“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

Traditional

Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.

Literal

“Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: You shall be holy, for I am holy—YHWH your God.

Latin

Loquere ad omnem cœtum filiorum Israël, et dices ad eos: Sancti estote, quia ego sanctus sum, Dominus Deus vester.

Hebrew

English

“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

Theme notes and profiles

Leviticus 11:44–45
For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
Leviticus 20:7
Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
1 Peter 1:15–16
But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
2 Corinthians 6:14–16
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
Matthew 5:48
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Leviticus 20:26
You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Exodus 19:6
And 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.”
Leviticus 21:8
You 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.
Isaiah 6:3–4
And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
Amos 3:3
Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes