Leviticus 11:44

11:44 for I am the Lord your God and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground,

Leviticus 18:30

18:30 You must obey my charge to not practice any of the abominable statutes ¹  that have been done before you, so that you do not ²  defile yourselves by them. I am the Lord your God.’”

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.

Ezekiel 20:5

20:5 and say to them:

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore ³  to the descendants ⁴  of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore ⁵  to them, “I am the Lord your God.”

[18:30]  ¹ tn Heb “to not do from the statutes of the detestable acts.”

[18:30]  ² tn Heb “and you will not.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.

[20:5]  ³ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

[20:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “seed.”

[20:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”