THEOSISLeviticus 19:2Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel. And thou shalt say to them: Be ye holy, because I the Lord your God am holy.
דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַ֧ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם קְדֹשִׁ֣ים תִּהְי֑וּ כִּ֣י קָד֔וֹשׁ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Lev 11:44For I am the Lord your God. Be holy because I am holy. Defile not your souls by any creeping thing, that moveth upon the earth.
- Lev 11:45For I am the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God.
- Lev 20:7Sanctify yourselves, and be ye holy: because I am the Lord your God.
- 1 Pet 1:15But according to him that hath called you, who is holy, be you also in all manner of conversation holy:
- 1 Pet 1:16Because it is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy.
- 2 Cor 6:14Bear not the yoke with unbelievers. For what participation hath justice with injustice? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness?
- 2 Cor 6:16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God: as God saith: I will dwell in them and walk among them. And I will be their God: and they shall be my people.
- Matt 5:48Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.