Exodus 19:5-6
19:5 And now, if you will diligently listen to me
and keep
my covenant, then you will be my
special possession
out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
19:6 and you will be to me
a kingdom of priests
and a holy nation.’
These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”
Leviticus 11:45
11:45 for I am the
Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God,
and you are to be holy because I am holy.
Leviticus 19:2
19:2 “Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them, ‘You must be holy because I, the
Lord your God, am holy.
Deuteronomy 14:21
14:21 You may not eat any corpse, though you may give it to the resident foreigner who is living in your villages
and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. You are a people holy to the
Lord your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
Deuteronomy 14:1
The Holy and the Profane
14:1 You are children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead.
Deuteronomy 1:15-16
1:15 So I chose
as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.
1:16 I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they
should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens
and judge fairly,
whether between one citizen and another
or a citizen and a resident foreigner.