⁶ you^[a] will be for me a kingdom of priests^(A) and a holy nation.’^(B) These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

⁴⁴ I am the Lord your God;^(A) consecrate yourselves^(B) and be holy,^(C) because I am holy.^(D) Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground.^(E)

⁷ “‘Consecrate yourselves^(A) and be holy,^(B) because I am the Lord your God.^(C)

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

⁴ For he chose us^(A) in him before the creation of the world^(B) to be holy and blameless^(C) in his sight. In love^(D)

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