⁷ I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.^(A) Then you will know^(B) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

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.”

² “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel^(A) and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God,^(B) am holy.^(C)

¹⁵ But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;^(A)

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